List of changes made in the original manuscript as commented by the reviewer –

Comments on old manuscript / Change made in new manuscript
  1. Page 1-line 42-49
  1. Page 2- line 43
  1. Page 3- Line 19-27
  1. - Page 5. Table I
  1. Page 6. Table II
  1. Table III
  1. Table IV
  1. Page 8 line 19-22
  1. Discussion is too long. Needs to be more crisp and precise.
  1. Merging of paragraph
  2. Page 11, Line 13 – 14 changed as
  1. Page 11, Line 15 – 19
  1. Page 11 paragraph
  1. Line 23 -28 page 11 & 12
  1. Paragraph 1 page 12
  1. Line 10 – 11 page 12
  1. Page 12 paragraph 3
  1. Page 13, paragraph 2
  1. Page 14 paragraph 1
  1. Page 14 paragraph 2
  1. Page 15, line 4
/ Lines removed from the abstract and included in introduction. Page 2 lines 9 – 13
Spelling corrected
Results and sentence reframe – page 3 lines 12 – 15
None of the neonates in the control group has thrombocytopenia.
Table deleted of less important as for as study concerned
Become table II and attached as a separate sheet on page 16, changes made in the table are –
  1. A separate column is added on the right for controle for thrombocytopenia and no thrombocytopenia and blood culture.
  2. Details of figures in parenthesis is explained at the bottom of the table.
Become table III and attached as a separate sheet on page 17, changes made are –
  1. A column is added on the right describing - Platelet count range in cases of thrombocytopenia(µl) – to explain the severity of the thrombocytopenia
Spelling checked and corrected
Addition a column in table III to explain the severity of thrombocytopenia.
Changes made in the discussion –
  1. Paragraph 1 and 2 merged (page 8)
  2. Page 8, line 9 – 10 - “Neonatal septicemia requires rapid, accurate diagnosis and treatment for better prognosis”
  3. Page 8, line 10 – 12 - Sentence reframed as “Thrombocytopenia occurs in early course of septicemia, therefore platelet count may be consider as early predictor for the diagnosis of septicemia [20,21].
  4. Reference number 4 omitted
  5. Line 13 -21 – paragraph reframed and merged with paragraph 1 on page 8
  6. Omitted along with reference number 23, reference 24 is now 23
  1. Page 8, paragraph 2 – reframed and reference number 10 omitted
  2. Shifted to page 10
  1. Merged to paragraph 2 page 8
  1. Omitted,
  1. Reference 34 become reference 22
  1. Merges with paragraph 2 page 8
  1. Omitted, reference 35 & 36 also omitted
  1. Reference 37 become 33