Active clinical trials for "Neonatal Sepsis"

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common life-threatening gastrointestinal emergency of prematurity, associated with a significant morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis and early treatment interventions may reduce the risk of mortality and morbidity. The Primary goal of this observational study is to gather survey data to establish a national database of NEC in newborns in order to better understand the risk factors underlying NEC. Survey data will be used along with a medical history to identify the mechanism(s) underlying the increased prevalence of NEC in non-breast fed, formula fed premature infants.

The study aims to compare the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics (PK) of an optimised dosing to a standard dosing regimen of vancomycin in neonates and infants aged ≤ 90 days with late onset bacterial sepsis known or suspected to be caused by Gram-positive microorganisms

Multicentric, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel group study aimed at evaluating the feasibility and effect of the use of probiotic starting from the 30th week, on vaginal / rectal colonization of GBS in women at low obstetric risk.

Neonatal septicemia remains one of the main causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality . Sepsis which is caused by a dysregulated host response to an infectious trigger leading to a life threatening organ dysfunction was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 2017 as a global health priority that requires resolution for its prevention , dignosis , and management (Monneret et al., 2019). Despite the advances in perinatal and neonatal sepsis remains high and the outcome is still sever (Chirio et al.,2011) . HLA-DR is on the surface of monocyte \ macrophages , dendritic cells, and B cells and plays a crucial role in adaptive immune response , More than 30 years ago , researches proved an association between the low level of HLA-DR and the development of sepsis (Cheadle at al .,1991) . A decreased expression of mHLA-DR molecules has been associated with immunoparalysis , which is an inflammatory immune responce that occurs in sepsis .(Pradhan et al.,2016).

This study will follow patients admitted to the PICU with sepsis, NICU with sepsis or after abdominal surgery, or CICU who are identified as being at risk for developing acute kidney injury. The investigators will use risk-stratification, biomarker testing, and a functional assessment to predict children and neonates who will become fluid overloaded and develop severe acute kidney injury.

The investigators aimed to evaluate the effect of G-CSF administration in septic neonates on neutrophil production and CD11b expression.

Determine Treatment outcome with antibiotic use and its resistance pattern among neonatal sepsis patients

The aim of our study was to find the frequency of thrombocytopenia and its severity in neonates with sepsis

Hypothesis: The investigators hypothesized that Pentoxifylline has potent anti-inflammatory effect which can augment the antimicrobial effect of antibiotics in treatment of Late onset sepsis (LOS) in preterm infants thus decreasing neonatal mortality and morbidity. The purpose of this study: to assess the efficacy and safety of Pentoxifylline as an adjunct to antibiotic therapy on mortality and morbidity of preterm infants with LOS.

Babies and children have an increased risk of getting an infection with a bacteria in the bloodstream (sepsis). It is often difficult for the doctor to determine whether a child has an infection of the bloodstream, because the symptoms are often unclear and can also occur in children who are not sick. To determine whether there is an infection, a little blood is currently taken for a blood test (the blood culture) to investigate whether there is a bacteria in the blood. However, it often takes at least 36 hours before the results of this blood culture are available. That is why antibiotics are usually started immediately to treat the possible infection. However, it often turns out that the blood culture is negative after 36 hours, which means that no bacteria have been found in the blood. Usually the antibiotics are then stopped because it turns out that there was no infection at all. There is currently no good test that can predict whether (newborn) children have an infection or not. That is why too many children are currently wrongly receiving antibiotics. These antibiotics can damage the healthy bacteria in the intestines. There are many billions of 'beneficial bacteria' in the intestine. These play an important role in the digestion of food and protect against external infections. Antibiotics aim to kill bacteria that cause inflammation or infection. Unfortunately, antibiotics also kill some of these beneficial bacteria. In addition, unnecessary use of antibiotics contributes to antibiotic resistance. The aim of this research is to investigate whether Molecular Culture, a PCR based test that can identify bacterial pathogens in bodily fluids within 4 hours, has greater accuracy than traditional culturing techniques for bacteria in blood. If proven, this could lead to faster identification or exclusion of sepsis in children.