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Is there jaundice in neonatal sepsis?
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Yes: Jaundice is one of multiple physical signs noticed in neonatal sepsis. However, jaundiced newborn without other suspicious physical signs(otherwise healthy) is very unlikely to have neonatal sepsis, especially so in term newborns.
Answered 3/26/2013
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Can be: If there is liver injury from the infection or from low blood pressure (shock liver).
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