A newborn baby who died in a Glasgow hospital after developing an infection was “stable” the day before she passed away, an ...

Recent steps to prevent neonatal sepsis due to group B Streptococcal infection have lowered the attack rate from this organism, but may not have lowered overall sepsis rates. Mortality from sepsis ...

Sophia Smith was just 11 days old when she died at the Glasgow hospital. She had become ill with an infection similar to MRSA ...

Instagram influencer Ruby Natalie is determined to help other parents through their grief after sharing the heartbreaking ...

Findings from our study show that, in this cohort of infants who were evaluated for sepsis in the first 24 hours of life, the combination of 2 serial normal I:T ratios 8 to 12 hours apart and a ...

A genetic signature in newborns can predict neonatal sepsis before symptoms even start to show, according to a new study. The study— Predictive gene expression signature diagnoses neonatal ...

Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. Clinical diagnosis is difficult and no reliable diagnostic test exists. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a central mediator ...

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Oxidant/antioxidant imbalance plays an important role in septic shock. The present study examined changes in circulating oxidative components in a neonatal sepsis model. Subjects were 14 newborn ...