Antithrombin HI level was assessed in a group of neonates from
Benha University hospital, Neonatal unit. Those neonates were subdivided
into four grous: Full term neonates with sepsis (n=19) & full term healthy
neonates (n=9) & preterm neonates with sepsis (n=10) & preterm healthy
neonates (n=10). All the cases were subjected to full clinical examination
and laboratory investigations including blood, urine cultures, determination
of CRP and thrombin III level. The septic cases were diagnosed depending
on positive blood culture which revealed that E-coli was the commonest
organism (62.1%, 37.9% in full term, 24.2% preterm) followed by B
haemoslytic Streptococci, (20.7%, 13.8% in full term & 6.9% in preterm),
Staphylococci (13.8%, 10.4% in full term, 3.4% in preterm and finally
Klebsieller 3.4% in full term). |
