Bacterial infections in the newborns.
In the care of 5178 live newborns from October 1971 to October 1974, 252 (4.7%) cases of bacterial infections were diagnosed. Of this number, 131 were full-term and 121 premature newborns. The three most frequent types of infections were gastroenteritis (103 cases = 40.8%), urinary tract infections (77 cases = 30.5%), and septicaemia (51 cases = 20.2%). The three organisms most frequently found were E. coli, Proteus and Enterobacter. The prevalence of gram-negative over gram-posivite germs was very remarkable. In 38 infected newborns the highest IgM levels were achieved at the acme of the illness, and they decreased when the infection subsided.
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology; D013030:Spain; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology
D007075:Immunoglobulin M