Extremely low birth-weight infant deaths
1.111 infants 300-1000 g with autopsies 1990-93
2.INFECTION caused death: 56/111
3.Respiratory distress syndrome (BPD) 21; congenital defect 15
4.“immaturity” usually a wrong (or incomplete) diagnosis, especially over 500 g.
5.Most deaths by infection were misdiagnosed