True about neonatal sepsis
Neonatal sepsis is a type of neonatal infection and specifically refers to the presence in a newborn baby of a bacterial blood stream infection (BSI) (such as meningitis, pneumonia, pyelonephritis, or gastroenteritis) in the setting of fever. Older textbooks may refer to neonatal sepsis as "sepsis neonatorum". Reference: GHAI Essential pediatrics, 8th edition
Early sepsis is due to organism in maternal genital tract
Environmental factors cause late sepsis
Late sepsis is due to organism in maternal genital tract
Environmental factors cause early sepsis
New born infants