Hospitals involved in the familiarisation and neonatal sepsis studies.

Subsequently to acquisition of ethical permission, local administrative clearance was secured from each of the 5 participating Ugandan hospitals. Clinical specimens were collected from patients and data was accessed for research purposes between 7 November 2022 and 18 May 2023. All adult participants in FS provided written informed consent. For NSS, parents or guardians provided written informed consent for neonates. For participants who were unable to read or write, consent was obtained in the presence of a witness who read and explained the ethics statement. Participants confirmed their consent by affixing their thumbprints to the consent forms, which were also countersigned by the witness. Authors did not, and do not, have access to information that could identify individual participants after data collection. (PDF)