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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of early-onset neonatal bacterial meningitis: a 20-year retrospective comparison of preterm and full-term infants

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-026-07350-z

Published Online: 2026-08-05

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Jiang, Na

Zhu, Minli

Xiao, Xiuman

Li, Haijing

Lin, Zhenlang https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1637-7622
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Article History

Received: 7 August 2025

Accepted: 13 July 2026

First Online: 5 August 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Yuying Children’s Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University (Approval No.2025-K-162-01) The committee waived the requirement for informed consent from the infants’ guardians for accessing medical records. Patient data were handled confidentially in strict accordance with institutional regulations. I confirm that all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines. All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.

Consent for publication: Not applicable.

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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