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Neonatal Sepsis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Neonatal Sepsis
Tree Number(s)
C01.757.580
C16.614.627
C23.550.470.790.500.470
Unique ID
D000071074
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000071074
Scope Note
Blood infection that occurs in an infant younger than 90 days old. Early-onset sepsis is seen in the first week of life and most often appears within 24 hours of birth. Late-onset occurs after 1 week and before 3 months of age.
Entry Term(s)
Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis
Neonatal Late-Onset Sepsis
Sepsis, Neonatal
Previous Indexing
Sepsis (1964-2016)
Public MeSH Note
2017
History Note
2017
Date Established
2017/01/01
Date of Entry
2016/07/05
Revision Date
2019/06/17
Neonatal Sepsis Preferred
Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis Narrower
Neonatal Late-Onset Sepsis Narrower
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