DOI: 10.21276/sajp.2018.7.7.4

Pages: 313-314

We report a case of neonatal fever can declare peradventure infection. In this case, severe sepsis manifested as pyrexia and eventually progressed to acute osteomyelitis. The presence of fever in the neonatal period demands urgent evaluation from health care providers since signs and symptoms of a serious bacterial infection in this age group can be non-specific. Current practice guidelines recommend that febrile neonates should be persumed to have serious bacterial infection and undergo a sepsis evaluation and hospitalization until the results of diagnostic testing are known. Keywords: pyrexia, sepsis, thrombocytopenia, acute osteomyelitis, neonate.