Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis

Recent Developments and Current Issues in the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Bacterial and Fungal Neonatal Sepsis

(2013) Barbara Stoll et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY

Reverse vaccinology in the 21st century: improvements over the original design

(2013) Claudio Donati et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Infection à parechovirus du jeune nourrisson

(2013) S. Eyssette-Guerreau et al.   ARCHIVES DE PEDIATRIE

A case of neonatal human parechovirus encephalitis with a favourable outcome

(2013) Salvatore Renna et al.   BRAIN & DEVELOPMENT

Cronobacter: an emerging opportunistic pathogen associated with neonatal meningitis, sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis

(2013) C J Hunter et al.   Journal of Perinatology

Go Big and Go Fast — Vaccine Refusal and Disease Eradication

(2013) Saad B. Omer et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infections

(2013) Swetha G. Pinninti et al.   PEDIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Is it Justified to Include Urine Cultures in Early (< 72 Hours) Neonatal Sepsis Evaluations of Term and Late Preterm Infants?

(2012) Arina Toropine et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY

Procalcitonin in detecting neonatal nosocomial sepsis

(2012) Cinzia Auriti et al.   Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Community-Associated Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Escherichia coli Infection in the United States

(2012) Yohei Doi et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Very low birth weight neonates who survive early-onset sepsis do not have an increased risk of developing late-onset sepsis

(2012) Cheryl B. Lin et al.   EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Early and late onset sepsis in very-low-birth-weight infants from a large group of neonatal intensive care units

(2012) C.P. Hornik et al.   EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Prevention of group B streptococcal neonatal disease revisited. The DEVANI European project

(2012) J. Rodriguez-Granger et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Optimization of a Combined Human Parechovirus-Enterovirus Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay and Evaluation of a New Parechovirus 3-Specific Assay for Cerebrospinal Fluid Specimen Testing

(2012) S. B. Selvaraju et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Early onset sepsis in very low birth weight newborn infants

(2012) Valentina Pisani et al.   Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Neonatal Herpes Disease following Maternal Antenatal Antiviral Suppressive Therapy: A Multicenter Case Series

(2012) Swetha G. Pinninti et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

The impact of group B streptococcus prophylaxis on late-onset neonatal infections

(2012) K L Ecker et al.   Journal of Perinatology

Efficacy of Maternal and Neonatal Chemoprophylaxis for Early-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease

(2012) Irene A. Stafford et al.   OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Results From a Prospective, International, Epidemiologic Study of Invasive Candidiasis in Children and Neonates

(2012) William J. Steinbach et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Management of Neonates With Suspected or Proven Early-Onset Bacterial Sepsis

(2012) R. A. Polin et al.   PEDIATRICS

Prevalence and Pathogen Distribution of Neonatal Sepsis Among Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants

(2012) Wai Ho Lim et al.   Pediatrics and Neonatology

Use of antibacterial agents in the neonate: 50 years of experience with vancomycin administration

(2012) Evelyne Jacqz-Aigrain et al.   Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Treatment and Prophylaxis of Invasive Candidiasis

(2012) Nidhi Tripathi et al.   SEMINARS IN PERINATOLOGY

Long-Term Impact of Infection on the Preterm Neonate

(2012) Ira Adams-Chapman   SEMINARS IN PERINATOLOGY

Persistence of functional antibodies to group B streptococcal capsular polysaccharides following immunization with glycoconjugate vaccines

(2012) Morven S. Edwards et al.   VACCINE

Preventing the broad spectrum of perinatal morbidity and mortality through group B streptococcal vaccination

(2012) Morven S. Edwards et al.   VACCINE

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF PROCALCITONIN, INTERLEUKIN-6 AND HS CRP IN PREDICTION OF EARLY-ONSET NEONATAL SEPSIS

(2012) Alireza Abdollahi et al.   Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of infections during pregnancy: implementation of recommended interventions, United States, 2003-2004

(2011) Emilia H.A. Koumans et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Rapid Diagnostic Test for Identifying Group B Streptococcus

(2011) Jonathan Faro et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY

Comparative effectiveness of nafcillin or cefazolin versus vancomycin in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

(2011) Marin L Schweizer et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Procalcitonin measurement at 24hours of age may be helpful in the prompt diagnosis of early-onset neonatal sepsis

(2011) H. Altunhan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Clinical experience with linezolid in infants and children

(2011) S. Garazzino et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Nosocomial spread of multidrug-resistant group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility belonging to clonal complex 1

(2011) N. Nagano et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Multiplex PCR Allows Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis of Bloodstream Infections in Newborns and Children with Suspected Sepsis

(2011) Barbara Lucignano et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Oral Acyclovir Suppression and Neurodevelopment after Neonatal Herpes

(2011) David W. Kimberlin et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Treatment of Neonatal Sepsis with Intravenous Immune Globulin

(2011)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Association between high cytokine levels with white matter injury in preterm infants with sepsis*

(2011) Renato S. Procianoy et al.   Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Cerebrospinal Fluid Characteristics of Infants Who Present to the Emergency Department With Fever

(2011) Sara L. Chadwick et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Assessment of Intrapartum Antibiotic Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Early-onset Group B Streptococcal Disease

(2011) Feng-Ying C. Lin et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

The Burden of Invasive Early-onset Neonatal Sepsis in the United States, 2005–2008

(2011) Emily J. Weston et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Use of Leukocyte Counts in Evaluation of Early-onset Neonatal Sepsis

(2011) Kara Murphy et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Antifungal Therapy and Outcomes in Infants With Invasive Candida Infections

(2011) Simon B. Ascher et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Delayed Acyclovir Therapy and Death Among Neonates With Herpes Simplex Virus Infection

(2011) S. S. Shah et al.   PEDIATRICS

Recommendations for the Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal (GBS) Disease

(2011)   PEDIATRICS

Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis: The Burden of Group B Streptococcal and E. coli Disease Continues

(2011) B. J. Stoll et al.   PEDIATRICS

The Changing Face of Early-onset Neonatal Sepsis After the Implementation of a Maternal Group B Streptococcus Screening and Intrapartum Prophylaxis Policy—A Study in One Medical Center

(2011) Chia-Ying Lin et al.   Pediatrics and Neonatology

Poster Presentations

(2010)   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

The clustering of disorders in infants born before the 28th week of gestation

(2010) Alan Leviton et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Diagnosis and Management of Clinical Chorioamnionitis

(2010) Alan T.N. Tita et al.   CLINICS IN PERINATOLOGY

Molecular microbiological methods in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis

(2010) Mohan Venkatesh et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of aerobic and facultative Gram-negative bacilli isolated from patients with intra-abdominal infections in the Asia–Pacific region: 2008 results from SMART (Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends)

(2010) Po-Ren Hsueh et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli in a maternity ward: a likely community importation and evidence of mother-to-neonate transmission

(2010) V. Dubois et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

What are the cut-off levels for IL-6 and CRP in neonatal sepsis?

(2010) İstemi Han Celik et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS

Age-specific reference values for cerebrospinal fluid protein concentration in neonates and young infants

(2010) Samir S. Shah et al.   Journal of Hospital Medicine

Extended-spectrum  -lactamase-producing Gram-negative bacteria causing neonatal sepsis in India in rural and urban settings

(2010) D. S. Chandel et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Linezolid treatment of shunt-related cerebrospinal fluid infections in children

(2010) Adem Yılmaz et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Normative Cerebrospinal Fluid Profiles in Febrile Infants

(2010) Carrie L. Byington et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Risk Factors Associated with Development of Persistent Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Bacteremia in the Neonate and Associated Short-Term and Discharge Morbidities

(2010) Ann Anderson-Berry et al.   Neonatology

Pharmacokinetics and Distribution of Linezolid in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Children and Adolescents

(2010) Ram Yogev et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Human Parechovirus 3 Causing Sepsis-like Illness in Children From Midwestern United States

(2010) Rangaraj Selvarangan et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

No Change in the Incidence of Ampicillin-Resistant, Neonatal, Early-Onset Sepsis Over 18 Years

(2010) K. M. Puopolo et al.   PEDIATRICS

Outcome of Early-Onset Sepsis in a National Cohort of Very Low Birth Weight Infants

(2010) G. Klinger et al.   PEDIATRICS

Defining Cerebrospinal Fluid White Blood Cell Count Reference Values in Neonates and Young Infants

(2010) L. A. Kestenbaum et al.   PEDIATRICS

Epidemiology and risk factors for early onset sepsis among very-low-birthweight infants

(2009) Gil Klinger et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Current applications and future trends of molecular diagnostics in clinical bacteriology

(2009) Jan Weile et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Meropenem Pharmacokinetics in the Newborn

(2009) J. N. van den Anker et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Effect of delay in analysis on neonatal cerebrospinal fluid parameters

(2009) N T Rajesh et al.   Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Comparison of broad range 16S rDNA PCR and conventional blood culture for diagnosis of sepsis in the newborn: a case control study

(2009) Tonje Reier-Nilsen et al.   BMC Pediatrics

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Aminoglycosides in Neonates

(2009) Daniël J. Touw et al.   CLINICAL PHARMACOKINETICS

Fungal echinocandin resistance

(2009) Louise A. Walker et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Inappropriate use of vancomycin for preventing perinatal group B streptococcal (GBS) disease in laboring patients

(2009) Linda M. Peláez et al.   JOURNAL OF PERINATAL MEDICINE

Isolated elevated blood neutrophil concentration at altitude does not require NICU admission if appropriate reference ranges are used

(2009) R M Lambert et al.   Journal of Perinatology

Maternal and Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infections

(2009) Lawrence Corey et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Evaluation of Universal Antenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus

(2009) Melissa K. Van Dyke et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Group B Streptococcus and Early-Onset Sepsis in the Era of Maternal Prophylaxis

(2009) Joyce M. Koenig et al.   PEDIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Severe Neonatal Parechovirus Infection and Similarity With Enterovirus Infection

(2009) Malgorzata A. Verboon-Maciolek et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Early and Late Onset Sepsis in Late Preterm Infants

(2009) Michael Cohen-Wolkowiez et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Intravenous Ceftriaxone and Calcium in the Neonate: Assessing the Risk for Cardiopulmonary Adverse Events

(2009) J. S. Bradley et al.   PEDIATRICS

Enterovirus infections in neonates

(2009) Marc Tebruegge et al.   Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

The CBC: Reference Ranges for Neonates

(2009) Robert D. Christensen et al.   SEMINARS IN PERINATOLOGY

Meningitis in Preterm Neonates: Importance of Cerebrospinal Fluid Parameters

(2008) P. Smith et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY

Human parechovirus causes encephalitis with white matter injury in neonates

(2008) Malgorzata A. Verboon-Maciolek et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Point Mutation in the Group B Streptococcal pbp2x Gene Conferring Decreased Susceptibility to  -Lactam Antibiotics

(2008) S. Dahesh et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Human Parechoviruses as an Important Viral Cause of Sepsislike Illness and Meningitis in Young Children

(2008) Katja C. Wolthers et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases in South America

(2008) M.V. Villegas et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Diagnostic tests in neonatal sepsis

(2008) Shmuel Arnon et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States, 1999-2005

(2008) Christina R. Phares   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Systemic infection and brain injury in the preterm infant

(2008) Richard A. Polin   Jornal de Pediatria

Detection of All Known Parechoviruses by Real-Time PCR

(2008) W. A. Nix et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Utility of Pyrosequencing in Identifying Bacteria Directly from Positive Blood Culture Bottles

(2008) J. A. Jordan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Adverse Neurodevelopment in Preterm Infants with Postnatal Sepsis or Necrotizing Enterocolitis is Mediated by White Matter Abnormalities on Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Term

(2008) Divyen K. Shah et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Expected ranges for blood neutrophil concentrations of neonates: the Manroe and Mouzinho charts revisited

(2008) N Schmutz et al.   Journal of Perinatology

Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: an emerging public-health concern

(2008) Johann DD Pitout et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Imaging findings of neonatal herpes simplex virus type 2 encephalitis

(2008) Arastoo Vossough et al.   NEURORADIOLOGY

Traumatic Lumbar Punctures in Neonates

(2008) Rachel G. Greenberg et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Changing Patterns in Neonatal Escherichia coli Sepsis and Ampicillin Resistance in the Era of Intrapartum Antibiotic Prophylaxis

(2008) M. J. Bizzarro et al.   PEDIATRICS

Procalcitonin in Young Febrile Infants for the Detection of Serious Bacterial Infections

(2008) V. Maniaci et al.   PEDIATRICS

Is thrombocytopenia suggestive of organism-specific response in neonatal sepsis?

(2008) Paolo Manzoni et al.   PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL

ADVANCES IN THE MICROBIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF SEPSIS

(2008) Soraya S. Andrade et al.   SHOCK

The INIS Study. International Neonatal Immunotherapy Study: non-specific intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for suspected or proven neonatal sepsis: an international, placebo controlled, multicentre randomised trial

(2008)   BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Rapid detection of human parechoviruses in clinical samples by real-time PCR

(2007) Kimberley Benschop et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY