Q. What is the main reason for sepsis in a newborn?
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What is the main reason for sepsis to occur in a newborn? Will parents be the reason?
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1. Sepsis means systemic infection of body in babies.
2. There are many causes like meconium aspiration during delivery, infection from the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) where the baby is kept, infection from any person who handles the baby, etc.
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