title: [The sensitivity, specificity and prognostic values of peripheral secretions in the neonatal intensive unit].
abstract: We analyzed cultures (body surface and blood) from 125 infants-64 of them with proved neonatal bacterial sepsis. Isolates from cultures of material from the ear canal, nasopharynx, stomach, endotracheal tube were compared to those recovered from blood. The optimum sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive values of surface cultures were 40%, 70.6% and 66.7% respectively. We conclude that surface cultures are of limited in predicting the etiology of sepsis in neonates.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pecheva
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ionov
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Khristova
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000382:microbiology*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D011379:Prognosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: Chuvstvitelnost, spetsifichnost i prognostichni stoĭnosti na periferni sekreti v neonatologichnoto intenzivno otdelenie.