INTRODUCTION Nosocomial infections are a major and a frequent problem in neonatal intensive care units and increase morbidity, mortality, and costs. The objective of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with nosocomial infections in a neonatal intensive care unit. METHODS Nested case control study. Records from patients were registered: gestational age, sex, birth weight, ce...

Backgroundand methodology: The presented retrospective study is a report of 17 children (18 limbs) with post infective physeal bars around the knee. Minimum 2 years follow up sepsis was available.ObservationsThe mean infection 6.9 years. bar formation manifested 22.6 months sepsis. angular deformity progressed at monthly rate 0.84, 0.1, 0.26° for peripheral, central and extensive respectively. ...

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze outcomes in fetuses and newborns exposed to infections during pregnancy. Methods: Cross-sectional, quantitative study, carried out a public maternity hospital Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. The sample consisted of 145 medical records pregnant women admitted between 2015 2018 with possible vertically transmitted infections. Incomplete or those that did not make it descri...

BACKGROUND Around 1.5 million annual neonatal deaths occur in the first week of life, and infections represent one of the major causes in developing countries. Neonatal sepsis is often strictly connected to infection of the maternal genital tract during labour. METHODS The association between signs suggestive of puerperal infection and early neonatal mortality (<7 days of life) was performed ...

Invasive Candida infections associated with medical devices are very difficult to cure without device removal. We present a case of neonatal cerebrospinal fluid shunt-associated Candida meningitis, in which removal of the device was precluded, that was successfully treated with caspofungin. Pharmacokinetic assessment of caspofungin concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid showed that exposure was ...

Group B streptococcus is known to be a leading cause of neonatal infection, but less appreciated is the fact that it causes maternal infection also. Maternal group B streptococcal infections during pregnancy and delivery threaten not only the mother, but the child as well. Postpartum infection, such as mastitis, bacteremia, sepsis, meningitis, endometritis, and wound infections are hazards to t...