The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal • August 2017
Greenberg RG, Kandefer S, Do BT, Smith PB, Stoll BJ, Walsh MC, Bell EF, Carlo WA, Laptook AR, Sánchez PJ, Shankaran S, Van Meurs KP, Ball MB, Hale EC, Newman NS, Das A, Higgins RD, Cotton CM, for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health
Late-onset sepsis (LOS) is an important cause of death and neurodevelopmental impairment in premature infants. The purpose of this study was to assess overall incidence of LOS, distribution of LOS-causative organisms and center variation in incidence of LOS for extremely premature infants over time.