title: A practical guide to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neonatal infections.
abstract: Neonatal infections continue to cause morbidity and mortality in infants. Among approximately 400,000 infants followed nationally, the incidence rates of early-onset sepsis infection within 3 days of life are 0.98 cases per 1000 live births. Newborn infants are at increased risk for infections because they have relative immunodeficiency. This article provides evidence-based practical approaches to the diagnosis, management, and prevention of neonatal infections.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Bernard & Millie Duker Children's Hospital, Albany Medical Center, 47 New Scotland Avenue (MC88), Albany, NY 12208, USA. Electronic address: SantosR@mail.amc.edu.
authors.forename: Roberto Parulan
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Albany Medical Center, 47 New Scotland Avenue (MC88), Albany, NY 12208, USA.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tristram
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy* / Q000635:transmission; D015774:Ganciclovir / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy* / Q000635:transmission; D056692:Prebiotics; D019936:Probiotics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D000077562:Valganciclovir; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy* / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D056692:Prebiotics; D000077562:Valganciclovir; D015774:Ganciclovir
keywords: Antibacterial therapy; Antiviral therapy; Early-onset sepsis; Late-onset sepsis; Neonatal antimicrobial stewardship; Neonatal infections; Newborn sepsis; Respiratory viral infections in infants
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