Pattern of culture-proven neonatal sepsis in a district general hospital in the United Kingdom.

Objective: To determine the incidence, clinical characteristics, and risk factors associated with the first culture-proven episode of sepsis among neonates in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Setting: Level-II NICU in the United Kingdom.

Patients: Neonates with their first culture-proven sepsis between January 1, 1996, and December 31, 2000.