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Objective: To evaluate hospitalized patients with late-onset sepsis in the neonatal intensive care unit in order to determine differences between proven sepsis and clinical sepsis in neonates. Methods: The patients were grouped into two subsets as cases with clinical or proven sepsis and evaluated prospectively. Results: Sixty five patients were included in the study. Thirty eight were found to have clinical sepsis and 27 proven sepsis. The most common admission symptoms were fever n=34; 52.3 % , cough n=6; 9.2 % , feeding difficulty n=6; 9.2 % , malaise n=5; 7.7 % , eye swelling n=2; 3.1 % , diarrhea n= 2; 3.1% , cyanosis n=2; 3.1 % , ear discharge n=1; 1.5 % , lethargy n=1; 1.5 % and convulsions n=1; 1.5 % . No statistical difference was found between two groups regarding sex, birth weight, height, head circumference, maternal education, maternal age, hospital admission time and antibiotic susceptibility p>0.05 . A significant difference was found between two groups regarding CRP levels, presence of pneumonia, positive hemoculture and duration of treatment p

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