**Change of Body Temperature as a Sign of Possible Infection in Neonates**

The use of a mercury glass thermometer is considered the gold standard for measuring the normal body temperature of neonates – 36.5 – 37.5 C. Sepsis is characterized by arise in temperature or hypothermia. Rise of temperature greater than38C that lasts more than an hour is associated with infection process.[12]

On the analysis of their research, Klein and Marcy made the following conclusions referring to diagnostic analysis of symptoms and the relation to rising body temperature in full-term neonates: If bodily temperature is less than 38 °С, 99.9% of neonates will not develop sepsis. When among neonates with body temperature more than 38 °С, only 10% are expected to developed sepsis.
