[Sepsis caused by coagulase-negative Staphylococcus in the newborn infant. Clinical and therapeutic aspects].
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.
Ginovart Galiana
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Unidad de Neonatología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona.
Andreu Duat
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Farré Riba
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Mangues Bafalluy
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Demestre Guasch
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Raspall Torrent
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Altirriba Valls
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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
D003030:Coagulase; D014640:Vancomycin
Sepsis por estafilococo coagulasa negativo en el recién nacido. Aspectos clínicos y terapéuticos.