title: [Rapid screening for neonatal infection by employing new techniques for the use of the nitroblue tetrazolium test (NBT) (author's transl)].
abstract: A new method for carrying out the nitroblue tetrazolium test (NBT) has been used on micro-specimens taken from 116 newborn infants for the purpose of carrying out a prospective enquiry into neonatal infection. 44 children aged from 1 to 6 days were selected at random from a population that was said to be normal in the maternity unit and were the control group. 72 children of less than 48 hours of age were made to object of a prospective study of neonatal infection, an enquiry that allowed them to be divided into 3 groups: non-infected, infected and suspect. The study showed a very strong correlation between raised scores (higher than 100) and the presence of an infection, whereas scores in the controls and the non-infected infants were low. This test, which is hardly invasive and easy to introduce as a routine when carried out early is a good screening test for infection and can be best used on the newborn population in a maternity unit.
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts
chemical_list: D013778:Tetrazolium Salts; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium
vernacular_title: Dépistage rapide de l'infection néonatale par le test au nitrobleu de tétrazolium réalisé selon des modalités nouvelles.