TY - BOOK AU - Mohammed Ali Abdelhafiz AU - Amany Ezzat Elwan , AU - Dina Farouk Elgayar , AU - Nouran Fahmy Hussien , TI - Value of highly sensitive C - reactive protein in diagnosis of early onset neonatal sepsis / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohammed Ali Abdelhafiz , KW - Gold standard KW - Highly sensitive C - reactive protein KW - Neonatal sepsis N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the neonatal period inspite of extensive use of antimicrobial therapy . Early diagnosis of the newborn with early onset neonatal sepsis ( EOS ) is is difficult because Initial signs of EOS are slight and nonspecific and laboratory tests including the " gold standard " blood culture are not always reliable UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -