Any infection in newborns or infants can be serious.  One condition doctors watch for closely is sepsis, which can be deadly to infants.

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Sepsis is the word doctors use to describe a very serious infection that affects the whole body.  Sepsis is very dangerous. 

Symptoms may include fever, unusual breathing, pale or bluish skin, listlessness, bulging of the “soft spot” on the baby’s head and a change in the baby’s strength.

Suspected sepsis in newborns is treated in the hospital with close observation and strong antibiotics while the doctors do tests to find an exact cause.

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