Sepsis

Reports from P. Barbadoro et al Highlight Recent Research in Sepsis

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 11th, 2011

2011 DEC 11 -- According to the authors of recent research from Ancona, Italy, "Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of severe infections in newborns. Early-onset disease (EOD) occurs within the first week of life, and it is usually vertically transmitted."

"In late-onset disease (LOD), pathogens may also come from nosocomial sources. We report 3 cases of GBS infection in very low birth weight infants hospitalized by a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Italy. The cluster was identified thanks to an active surveillance program; an epidemiologic investigation took place. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was used to assess the clonal...

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