Neonatal sepsis

AL Shane, PJ Sánchez, BJ Stoll - The lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Neonatal sepsis is the cause of substantial morbidity and mortality. Precise estimates of
neonatal sepsis burden vary by setting. Differing estimates of disease burden have been …

Update on the use of immunoglobulin in human disease: a review of evidence

EE Perez, JS Orange, F Bonilla, J Chinen… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Human immunoglobulin preparations for intravenous or subcutaneous administration are
the cornerstone of treatment in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases affecting …

A randomized synbiotic trial to prevent sepsis among infants in rural India

P Panigrahi, S Parida, NC Nanda, R Satpathy… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Sepsis in early infancy results in one million annual deaths worldwide, most of them in
developing countries. No efficient means of prevention is currently available. Here we report …

Age-appropriate functions and dysfunctions of the neonatal neutrophil

SM Lawrence, R Corriden, V Nizet - Frontiers in pediatrics, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Neonatal and adult neutrophils are distinctly different from one another due to well-defined
and documented deficiencies in neonatal cells, including impaired functions, reduced …

[HTML][HTML] Immunological defects in neonatal sepsis and potential therapeutic approaches

SL Raymond, JA Stortz, JC Mira, SD Larson… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Despite advances in critical care medicine, neonatal sepsis remains a major cause of
morbidity and mortality worldwide, with the greatest risk affecting very low birth weight …

Timing of multiorgan dysfunction among hospitalized infants with fatal fulminant sepsis

JL Wynn, MS Kelly, DK Benjamin… - American journal of …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
Objective Identify the progression of specific signs of multiorgan dysfunction among infants
with fatal sepsis. Study Design Cohort study of 679 infants who died within 3 days of the start …

Urine metabolomics in neonates with late-onset sepsis in a case-control study

K Sarafidis, AC Chatziioannou, A Thomaidou, H Gika… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Although late-onset sepsis (LOS) is a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality,
biomarkers evaluated in LOS lack high diagnostic accuracy. In this prospective, case …

Clinical use and therapeutic potential of IVIG/SCIG, plasma-derived IgA or IgM, and other alternative immunoglobulin preparations

PJ Späth, C Schneider, S von Gunten - Archivum immunologiae et …, 2017 - Springer
Intravenous and subcutaneous immunoglobulin preparations, consisting of IgG class
antibodies, are increasingly used to treat a broad range of pathological conditions, including …

Immunotherapy of sepsis: blind alley or call for personalized assessment?

M Prucha, R Zazula, S Russwurm - Archivum immunologiae et therapiae …, 2017 - Springer
Sepsis is the most frequent cause of death in noncoronary intensive care units. In the past
10 years, progress has been made in the early identification of septic patients and their …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiology of neonatal Sepsis

JL Wynn, HR Wong - Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A successful immune response is critically necessary to eradicate infectious challenges and
prevent dissemination of the infection in the host. However, if inflammation is not limited and …