title: [Sepsis caused by coagulase-negative Staphylococcus in the newborn infant. Clinical and therapeutic aspects].
abstract: This study deals with sepsis caused by coagulase-negative stapylococci in a neonatal intensive care unit over a period of four years and eleven months. The global incidence was 20.7/1000 (50 cases out of a total of 2,416 admissions) and was higher in newborns with lower weight and with a shorter gestational age. The most significant clinical manifestations were fever, paleness, and apnea/bradycardia. In all cases the germ was sensitive to vancomycin. Evolution was favourable in all patients, in spite of the initial gravity of some cases. Sepsis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci is the most frequent cause of nosocomial infection in our environment.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neonatología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ginovart Galiana
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Andreu Duat
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Farré Riba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mangues Bafalluy
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Demestre Guasch
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raspall Torrent
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Altirriba Valls
mesh_terms: D003030:Coagulase; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D003030:Coagulase; D014640:Vancomycin
vernacular_title: Sepsis por estafilococo coagulasa negativo en el recién nacido. Aspectos clínicos y terapéuticos.