Prevalence of Neonatal Meningitis With Special Emphasis on Csf Changes in Cases of Neonatal Septicemia: A Cross Sectional Study

Neonatal Septicemia is one of the most commonly made diagnoses is most centres. Meningitis is associated in some cases of neonatal septicemia. Sign-symptoms of both septicemia and meningitis are closely simulating making CSF examination mandatory in almost every cases. This institution-based cross-sectional observational study was conducted in SNCU & NICU of B S Medical College, Bankura, West Bengal, India. Among total 100 neonatal septicemia cases recruited, meningitis was diagnosed in 23 cases; 43% of which did not demonstrate any sign-symptoms of CNS infection emphasizing the need to perform CSF examination in neonatal septicemia-patients.