Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC)
We studied 125 clinically suspected septicemic neonates (Patient) aged from 1 to 28 days and 25 healthy neonates (control) of comparable age and sexes. Cultures of blood were done and serum immunoglobulins (lgG, IgA) were estimated in all the subjects. Blood cultures were found positive in 45 (36%) patients. Preterm patients showed significantly higher number of positive blood cultures as compared to term patients. The mean serum IgG level in patients was found significantly lower than that of the controls. The serum IgG levels were also found significantly lower in 75 preterm as compared to 50 term, and in 45 blood culture positive patients as compared to 80 blood culture negative patients. On the other hand, the mean serum IgMlevel in…