Table 1.
Primer and probe target genes, sensitivities and sequences for the Real-Time PCR assays.
Figure 1.
Flow diagram of study case and control participant.
Table 2.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of mothers and babies.
Table 3.
Comparison of species specific bacterial qPCR and BACTEC blood culture for detection of pathogenic bacteria in blood samples amongst neonatal encephalopathy case infants.
Table 4.
Results of blood culture, real-time PCR assays and sequencing of positives.