Neonatal sepsis is a critical and potentially fatal condition caused by a widespread infection in newborns during their first 28 days of life Read on to find out its symptoms risks complications ...

Newborn sepsis—a bloodstream infection occurring in the first weeks of ... BLIPI was used to screen 19 infants at multiple timepoints—eight full-term and 11 preterm—and showed clear ...

If the sepsis occurred later, it was thought to be the result of poor hygiene, either in a neonatal care unit or at home. But this view has become a great deal more nuanced in recent years .

A British family is sharing the warning signs of sepsis after their newborn nearly died from the life-threatening complication while on vacation. Rachel Millbank and her husband, Tim, 34, had set ...

Researchers identified five biomarkers in umbilical cord blood that could indicate early-onset sepsis in preterm infants and ...

Sepsis in newborn babies used to be rare but not any more. The chances of a newborn ­contracting it stands at one in 200 and it’s always serious. Thing is, the sepsis is quite often caused by a ...

GBS can cause sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to an infection, in the newborn. Worldwide, GBS accounts for around 50,000 stillbirths and as many as 100,000 infant deaths per year.

Background. Infection of the newborn due to group B Streptococcus (GBS) (Streptococcus agalactiae, a gram-positive Diplococcus), is acquired from colonized birth canal or after rupture of ...

One in 200 newborns is admitted to a neonatal unit with sepsis caused by a bacteria commonly carried by their mothers – much greater than the previous estimate, say Cambridge researchers.

Neonatal sepsis affects infants who are fewer than 28 days old. It’s the body's reaction to an infection. Sepsis may result in swelling in the infant’s body and could also result in organ failure.

The 25 cases of neonatal sepsis observed by Silverman and Homan 24 from 1937 to 1948 included only 4 infections with streptococci, their groups not specified; 14 of these infections were caused by ...

Content warning: This article contains images that some viewers may find disturbing, including images from a neonatal intensive care unit. A Nova Scotia woman recently died after severe symptoms from ...