Sepsis leads to life-threatening organ failure due to dysregulated host responses to infection and presents uniquely across age groups. Neonatal sepsis, affecting infants in their first 28 days, ...

This thesis explores how newborns can be better protected against bacterial infections by studying the interplay between (monoclonal) antibodies and the immune system of the newborn. We focus on three ...

"Until meningitis is ruled out through lumbar puncture, septic very-low-birth-weight infants at high risk of mortality should receive empiric antimicrobials with high delivery through the blood-brain ...

Neonatal sepsis remains a critical challenge in neonatal care, representing one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income settings. Characterised by a ...

CARB-X, a Boston University-led nonprofit that funds projects that focus on antimicrobial stewardship, awarded $467,000 to GlyProVac to develop a maternal vaccine that could prevent sepsis in infants, ...

Dear Doctor: I recently read that probiotic bacteria could protect newborns from sepsis. Does that mean I should be giving probiotics to my newborn? Dear Reader: Sepsis occurs when the body’s immune ...

Pediatr Health. 2008;2(4):477-484. Intrinsic risk factors that can not be influenced, and relate to the patient's biological status. Some such risk factors are static, for example, birthweight, ...

We serially evaluated the effects of sepsis and/or necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) on neonatal thrombopoiesis, using a panel of tests that included platelet counts, thrombopoietin concentrations (Tpo) ...

First-line treatment of neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with ampicillin-gentamicin — as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) — needs to be reassessed, a ...

Neonatal EOS, a severe bloodstream infection that strikes within the first three days of life, is a major cause of infant ...

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, November 7, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- “This large cohort study suggests that neonatal infections among extremely low ...

BETA-hemolytic streptococci of Lancefield Group B have been implicated in human disease almost from the time when the precipitin-grouping technic first came into use. 1–3 Since that time additional ...