Objective Developing a model to analyse the cost-effectiveness of interventions preventing
late-onset infection (LOI) in preterm infants and applying it to the evaluation of anti-microbial …

Grosso A, Neves de Faria RI, Bojke L, et al. Cost-effectiveness of strategies preventing
lateonset infection in preterm infants. Arch Dis Child 2020; 105: 452-7. The authors have …

Background Duration of use may be a modifiable risk factor for central venous catheter‐
associated bloodstream infection in newborn infants. Early planned removal of peripherally …

For newborn infants in intensive care units, the morbidity and mortality from infection
continues to be a major burden despite advances in neonatal care. Infants are at risk for …

Infectious diseases account for almost half of the 5.9. million children under 5. years of age
who die each year. Infections such as pneumonia, diarrhea, neonatal sepsis, and malaria …

Early antibiotic treatment is common among premature infants given their significant risk of
earlyonset sepsis (EOS) and its related consequences, but prolonged antibiotic exposure in …

We enrolled 98 infants (gestational age< 33 weeks) in a pilot randomized trial of antibiotics
vs no antibiotics; 55 were randomized (lower maternal infectious risk; symptoms expected …

The real cost savings arising from effectively preventing or treating preterm birth ascribable
to prevalent reproductive tract infections are demonstrated in the lives of children saved from …

In this study, we sought to ascertain a relationship between gestational age at birth and
infectious morbidity of the offspring via population-based cohort analysis comparing the long …

Background Bloodstream infection is associated with high mortality and serious morbidity in
preterm babies. Evidence from clinical trials shows that antimicrobial-impregnated central …