Sepsis leads to life-threatening organ failure due to dysregulated host responses to infection and presents uniquely across age groups. Neonatal sepsis, affecting infants in their first 28 days, ...

A genetic signature in newborns can predict neonatal sepsis before symptoms even start to show, according to a new study. The study, led by University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University ...

Pediatr Health. 2008;2(4):477-484. An understanding of risk factors for LOS can also identify the high-risk aspects of neonatal care that should be the target of infection prevention interventions.

There are racial and ethnic disparities in safety events for hospitalized children, according to a study published online Feb. 12 in Pediatrics. Each year antimicrobial resistance—the ability of ...

*Incidence standardized by race and gestational age to the population of the US using incidence from ABCs. †National estimates of ampicillin-resistant E. coli cases are based on incidence from ABCs E.

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers at the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) have been awarded $3.96 million to develop a maternal vaccine that prevents ...

Maternal use of antibiotics during pregnancy may raise the risk of babies developing Group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease -- a ...