BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN THE NEONATE (NEONATAL SEPSIS)
Neonatal sepsis (in utero), perinatal and afterbirth – postnatal is a disease with low incidence, but with high risk. Although incidence of the most common etiology – group B Streptococus – has been reduced by prophylactic treatment with penicillin – neonatal sepsis has not been eradicated, and vi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Amaltea Medical Publishing House
2008-09-01
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| Series: | Romanian Journal of Pediatrics |
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| Online Access: | https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_Journal_of_PEDIATRICS/Revista_Romana_de_PEDIATRIE-2008-Nr.3/RJP_2008_3_Art-02.pdf |
| Summary: | Neonatal sepsis (in utero), perinatal and afterbirth – postnatal is a disease with low incidence, but with high risk.
Although incidence of the most common etiology – group B Streptococus – has been reduced by prophylactic treatment with penicillin –
neonatal sepsis has not been eradicated, and vigilance must remain high.
The author presents: etiology; pathogeny; clinical manifestations; diagnosis (positiv, differential, etiological); management with a plan
of treatment with antimicrobial agents and supportive care; evolution, complication and prognosis in neonatal sepsis. |
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| ISSN: | 1454-0398 2069-6175 |