Neonatal sepsis remains a critical challenge in neonatal care, representing one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income settings. Characterised by a ...

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, ...

Study challenges traditional 14-day antibiotic treatment for neonatal sepsis, suggesting a safer and more effective 7-day ...

Among the sample of 981,869 children, researchers found that the incidence rate of epilepsy was 1.6 and 0.9 per 1000 person-years for children with diagnosed sepsis and those without an infection, ...

Despite the mortality and long-term sequelae occurring secondary to neonatal meningitis, past studies have shown that lumbar punctures (LPs) are not done in neonates as often as they should be. This ...

Humanity's war against drug-resistant microbes is not going very well. Antibiotic resistance has rapidly become one of our species' leading causes of death, claiming an estimated 5 million lives ...

Superbugs are increasingly threatening newborn babies across Southeast Asia, rendering standard antibiotics ineffective against serious infections. Re ...

Neonatal sepsis is the third leading cause of newborn deaths. [iStockphoto] If your newborn baby develops a high body temperature, is unable to feed well, is irritable, is non-responsive or loses ...

Superbugs in newborn babies are a rapidly growing concern for hospitals and parents, all across the world. Here is all you need to know.

There are relatively large regional differences in Sweden in the proportion of newborns receiving antibiotics for suspected sepsis, according to a study at the University of Gothenburg. The ...