Most clinicians followed a new protocol for managing early‐onset sepsis for preterm infants, but a fifth of preterm infants received antibiotics for longer than necessary.

The patients who received treatment for more than 48 h included two with clinical signs, elevated CRP and positive gastric aspirate cultures, who were treated for six and 10 days, respectively. Abbreviations EOS early-onset sepsis CRP C-reactive protein Early-onset sepsis (EOS) has been associated with a particularly high rate of mortality and morbidity in preterm neonates,1,2 and many patients receive empirical antibiotics at birth, regardless of whether they have an infection. Most clinicians followed a new protocol for managing early-onset sepsis for preterm infants, but a fifth of preterm infants received antibiotics for longer than necessary. [Extracted from the article]