predictive value of interleukin-6 (il6) in term neonates with early sepsis during 2010-2011
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materials and methods the level of plasma il-6 and blood culture were checked in all the term neonates suspicious to sepsis admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of shahid beheshti hospital of kashan during 2010-2011. positive blood culture was considered as definite sepsis and negative blood culture as suspicious sepsis. then, the level of il-6 was compared with the state of blood culture. premature neonates with low apgar score, ages more than seven days old, and history of previous admission were excluded from the study due to the probable effect on plasma il-6 level. background neonatal sepsis is one of the main causes of neonatal mortality and morbidity. it breaks out in one to ten cases per 1000 live births with a mortality rate of 10 to 50 percent. however, the rate of hospital admission for neonates suspicious to systemic infections is more than that for neonates with sepsis which is due to the nonspecific signs and symptoms in the neonatal sepsis. conclusions a comparative test indicates that there is a significant difference between the levels of interleukin-6 in three groups (p value = 0.001). this result, not only omits all the probable confounding factors in plasma level of il-6, but also emphasizes the role of this useful inflammatory marker in detection of neonatal sepsis. results seventy four cases were male and 68 were female. the prevalence of early neonatal sepsis was reported to be 7%. the etiologic bacterial agents were streptococcus in group b (gbs) and s. epidermis (se). the most common symptom observable in the patients was respiratory distress (38.6%). the average level of il-6 was 1545.65 pg/ml for the first group (admitted with sepsis signs and symptoms and positive blood culture) and 14.79 pg/ml for the second one (admitted with sepsis signs and symptoms and negative blood culture), while in the control group, it was 11.04 pg/ml. objectives this study was conducted to measure interleukin 6 (il-6) plasma level as a sign for early detection of neonatal infection.
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jundishapur journal of microbiologyجلد ۶، شماره ۱۰، صفحات ۰-۰
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