Researchers identified specific proteins in umbilical cord blood that signal early onset sepsis in preterm newborns, enabling ...

A study presented at ESCMID Global 2025 has uncovered the potential of interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a powerful diagnostic biomarker for the early detection of sepsis in high-risk patient groups ...

Complications of Untreated Neonatal Sepsis. If neonatal sepsis is not diagnosed and treated promptly, it can lead to severe complications that may endanger the infant’s life.

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 causes an estimated 200,000 deaths worldwide each year, with the highest rates in LMICs. In Canada, the risk is lower at about one in 200 live births, but higher in prematurely ...

Sepsis can develop within 24 hours of birth, and in newborns, the issue is called neonatal sepsis. A baby is considered a neonate up to 90 days after delivery. There is a higher risk of neonatal ...

Based on evidence from the USA, NG195 permits the alternative of using the Kaiser Permanente neonatal sepsis risk calculator16 (KP-SRC) to inform clinical decisions on EOI management. The KP-SRC, ...

Sepsis Risk Factors. You are more likely to get sepsis if you: ... Neonatal sepsis. Neonatal sepsis can happen when a baby is less than 28 days old and an infection enters their bloodstream.

Neonatal sepsis caused by intestinal pathogens is a serious complication of early infancy that may often be lethal, especially for premature infants. But is this linked to prenatal antibiotics ...

Though enteroviruses are common, cases of neonatal enteroviral sepsis have historically been rare. But because the pandemic threw all viral activity off, the concern is there could be an even ...

It has been a huge collaborative effort by researchers and clinicians in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe,” said Neal Russell, Principal Investigator for the neonatal sepsis study at St ...