C-reactive protein (CRP) is one of the most studied and most used laboratory tests for
neonatal sepsis. As part of the acute-phase reaction to infection, it plays a central role in the …

During foetal development, neonatal period and childhood, the immune system is constantly
maturing. In the foetus, infection responsiveness is low and associates with spontaneous …

Conventional methods utilized for clinical diagnosis of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases have
employed invasive medical procedures that cause stress, anxiety and pain to patients …

Sepsis or serious infection within the first 4 weeks of life kills more than 1 million newborns
globally every year. 1 The attack rate for neonatal sepsis is variable (from< 1% to> 35% of …

As neonatal sepsis is a severe condition, there is a call for reliable biomarkers to
differentiate between infected and noninfected newborns. Although blood culture has been …

Background Sepsis is a major health issue in preterm infants. Biomarkers are used to
diagnose and monitor patients with sepsis, but C-reactive protein (CRP) is proven not …

A better understanding of the neonatal inflammatory response to sepsis and identification of
sensitive and specific markers of inflammation or rapid microbe-specific diagnostic tests …

Preterm infants are highly susceptible to life-threatening infections that are clinically difficult
to detect, such as late-onset septicemia and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Here, we used …

Sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis are major contributors to morbidity and mortality in
neonates, especially in those born preterm. While therapeutic interventions are available for …

Aim This study aimed to detect the levels of IL-6, CRP and hs-CRP in clinically suspected
cases of neonatal sepsis and to evaluate and analyze the above parameters as the early …