Summary:
Neonatal meningitis must be recognized and treated quickly
to prevent death or disability. Incidence of neonatal
meningitis with late onset sepsis is higher in developing
countries than those of resource-rich countries. In neonates
signs and symptoms of serious infections are often obscured
and clinical examination cannot distinguish among septic
babies with or without meningitis. Clinicians often differ
whether neonates undergo lumber puncture or not to
distinguish septic babies with or without meningitis.
Abnormal CSF findings are often used to detect neonatal
meningitis and determine the type and length of antibiotic
therapy with proven sepsis and meningitis cases. This study
was conducted to evaluate the bacterial meningitis among
the late onset sepsis in newborns and to identify the clinical
manifestations that can distinguish septicemia from
meningitis in neonates.
Total 1706 admitted patient in NICU of Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujib Medical University from January 2007 to