C - Reactive Protein Test and Buffy Coat Smear Examination in Early Diagnosis of Neonatal Septicemia

Rapid diagnosis of neonatal septicemia by buffy coat smear examination and C-reactive protein test in correlation with blood culture

C-reactive protein (CRP) in early diagnosis of neonatal septicemia.

The usefulness of CRP in early detection of neonatal septicemia/meningitis and urinary tract infection was studied in a neonatal unit using a semiquantitative latex-agglutination as a rapid screening method, and electroimmuno assay as reference method for CRP determination. In 94% of non-infected infants CRP was less than or equal to 15 mg/l and 82% had CRP less than 10 mg/l up to 3 days of age...

The usefulness of the buffy coat smear and panbacterial polymerase chain reaction in early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis.

OBJECTIVE In this study are evaluated the usefulness of the buffy coat smear and panbacterial polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as diagnostic tests in the early detection of neonatal sepsis. MATERIAL AND METHODS It was studied 49 patients aged up to 28 days who were hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICUs) of the Neonatology, with a clinical diagnosis of neonatal sepsis and 49 umbilical c...

Evaluation Of Serum C-reactive Protein In Diagnosis And Prognosis Of Neonatal Septicemia

Background: Neonatal sept icemia is an overwhelming systemic infection due to gain access of pathogenic bacteria in the blood stream of neonate. C-reactive protein production is very early and sensitive response to microbial infections and has highest sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive accuracy in cases of neonatal septicemia. Methods: Total 50 clinically suspected cases and 25 he...

Comparison of Diagnosis Methods in Neonatal Septicemia

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