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4 days ago · In isoimmune neonatal neutropenia, the mother produces IgG antineutrophil antibodies to fetal neutrophil antigens that are recognized as nonself. This occurs in 3% of live births. The disorder manifests as neonatal fever, urinary tract infection, cellulitis, pneumonia, and sepsis. The duration of the neutropenia is typically 7 weeks.
5 days ago · Neonatal skin care: clinical outcomes of the Association for Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) and the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) Clinical Practice Guideline. Program and abstracts of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses 19th Annual Conference; October 8-11, 2003; Palm Springs, California.
1 day ago · Congenital infections. Factors affecting the severity of congenital infection 1. The type of microorganism 2. The trimester of pregnancy in which the infection occurs (e.g. Rubella, syphilis) 3. Whether the infection is a primary infection, a secondary infection or a reactivated infection (e.g. toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus infection) 4.
5 days ago · Sepsis, the life-threatening bloodstream infection, affects up to 3m newborns annually, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. It has become increasingly complex to treat because of high rates of drug resistance. About 214 000 newborn babies die from drug-resistant sepsis globally every year.
4 days ago · GARDP’s clinical trial on new treatments for neonatal sepsis is based on outcomes from this study. About GARDP The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) is a not-for-profit organization that develops new antibiotic treatments for drug-resistant bacterial infections that pose the greatest threat to human health and make ...
4 days ago · Babies with early onset sepsis might be infected before or during birth because of premature rupture of maternal membranes; late onset (age 3–28 days) sepsis commonly represents a HCAI. Outbreaks of resistant bacteria attributable to poor infection prevention and control are increasingly detected in neonatal sepsis, often only retrospectively.
19 hours ago · Brozat JF, Harbalioğlu N, Hohlstein P, Abu Jhaisha S, Pollmanns MR, Adams JK, Wirtz TH, Hamesch K, Yagmur E, Weiskirchen R, et al. Elevated Serum KIM-1 in Sepsis Correlates with Kidney Dysfunction and the Severity of Multi-Organ Critical Illness.
