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§Early onset sepsis (EOS) defined as <72 hours, late onset (LOS) defined as >72 hours.
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Early sepsis was defined as a baby with clinical signs of sepsis and a positive blood culture presenting within 72 hours of birth, late onset sepsis after 72 hours.
A further differentiation can be made, considering the time of onset: within 96 hours from intubation (early onset VAP) or after 96 hours of intubation (late onset VAP).
The early onset sepsis was defined as disease occurring in ≤72 hours of age and late onset sepsis that occurring more than 72 hours of age [ 7].
Based on the onset, neonatal sepsis is classified into two major categories: early onset sepsis, which usually presents with respiratory distress within 72 hours of age and late onset sepsis that usually presents with septicemia after 72 hours of age.
A third study using hospital recruitment in India reported rates of 24 (95% CI 21.7 25.7) for early onset sepsis (<72 hours), and 16 (95% CI 14.0 18.1) for late onset sepsis (>72 hours) [ 23].
97/192 (50.5%) were suspected of early onset infection (<48 hours after delivery) and 95/192 (49.5%) of late onset infection (> 48 hours after delivery: Figure 1).
Twenty-nine women (33%) had postpartum eclampsia, of whom 23 women (79%) had late onset (>48 hours).
Early and late onset sepsis in late preterm infants.
There were 120 (42.1%) neonates with Early onset sepsis, EOS (onset of illness in the first 72 hours of life) and 49 (40.5%) with Late onset sepsis, LOS (onset of illness after 72 hours of life), p value = 0.76.
Antenatal care attendance improved from 54.4%too 70.6% (p = 0.001) and late onset sepsis (>72 hours after birth) increased from 12.5% to 19% (p = 0.006) between the two time periods.
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