Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17(5), P. 661 - 671
Published: Oct. 8, 2024
Late-onset
neonatal
sepsis
has
a
high
mortality
rate
in
premature
infants.
To
date,
no
single
test
the
evaluation
of
been
demonstrated
to
be
both
sensitive
and
specific
enough
assist
timely
decision
making.
The
aim
our
study
is
develop
predictive
model
that
can
applied
all
babies,
using
clinical
laboratory
findings
recognize
late-onset
sepsis.
Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
38(3)
Published: Jan. 24, 2024
Abstract
Background
Procalcitonin
(PCT)
is
a
critical
biomarker
that
released
in
response
to
bacterial
infections
and
can
be
used
differentiate
the
pathogenesis
of
infectious
process.
Objective
In
this
article,
we
provide
an
overview
recent
advances
PCT
biosensors,
highlighting
different
approaches
for
biosensor
construction,
immobilization
methods,
advantages
roles
matrices
used,
analytical
performance,
construction.
Also,
will
explain
biosensors
sensible
limits
detection
(LOD),
linearity,
other
characteristics.
Future
prospects
development
better
systems
are
also
discussed.
Methods
Traditional
methods
such
as
capillary
electrophoresis,
high‐performance
liquid
chromatography,
mass
spectrometry
effective
analyzing
medical
field,
but
they
complicated,
time‐consuming
sample
preparation,
require
expensive
equipment
skilled
personnel.
Results
past
decades,
have
emerged
simple,
fast,
sensitive
tools
analysis
various
fields,
especially
fields.
Conclusion
These
potential
accompany
or
replace
traditional
by
simplifying
reducing
preparation
making
field
testing
easier
faster,
while
significantly
cost
per
analysis.
PLoS ONE,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
20(2), P. e0314702 - e0314702
Published: Feb. 12, 2025
Sepsis
is
the
overwhelming
immunological
response
to
infection,
which
if
not
treated
can
lead
multi-organ
failure,
shock
and
death.
Specifically,
neonatal
sepsis
results
in
225,000
deaths
globally
per
annum.
Moreover,
Uganda
experiences
one
of
highest
materno-fetal
death
rates
(62,000
p.a.),
with
at
approximately
6,500
p.a..
The
difficulty
diagnosing
lies
non-specific
signs
symptoms
associated
an
absence
definitive
sepsis-specific
biomarkers.
However,
serum
amyloid
A
(SAA)
detection
has
potential
as
a
superior
biomarker
for
diagnosis
probable
sepsis.
Herein,
ethically-approved
studies
we
have
deployed
competitive
lateral
flow
test
(NeoSep-SAA
(research-use
only))
detect
SAA
whole
blood
patient
bedside
resource-limited
environment.
Results
are
available
within
10
minutes
format
compatible
small
volumes
from
neonates
(5
μl).
NeoSep-SAA
exhibited
high
sensitivity
specificity
adult
sepsis,
showed
92%
(89%,
95%)
73%
(68%,
77%)
PPV
NPV
78%
(75%,
81%)
90%
(86%,
93%),
respectively
(n
=
714
individuals;
95%
CI).
over
C-Reactive
Protein
(sensitivity:
37%),
albeit
some
sacrifice
specificity.
enabled
rapid
diagnosis,
combined
minimally-invasive
withdrawal,
was
less
stressful
neonates.
Overall,
readily
identify
infection/inflammation
enable
informed
clinical
decisions
combat
This
approach
improve
reduce
mortality
line
United
Nations
Sustainable
Development
Goal
(SDG)
3.2
objectives.
Frontiers in Medicine,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
11
Published: Jan. 9, 2025
This
study
aimed
to
investigate
the
association
between
serum
heat
shock
protein
27
(HSP27)
levels
and
28-day
mortality
in
patients
with
sepsis.
retrospective
analyzed
clinical
data
of
76
septic
admitted
intensive
care
unit
(ICU).
Fifty
non-septic
ICU
50
healthy
individuals
served
as
control
groups.
Serum
HSP27
were
measured
on
day
admission
compared
sepsis
severity
survival
outcomes.
Median
(4.70
ng/mL,
IQR:
2.10-13.48
ng/mL)
significantly
higher
than
those
both
controls
(all
p
<
0.05).
Moreover,
non-survivors
exhibited
median
(9.30
3.62-25.91
survivors
(3.03
1.48-7.39
Multivariate
logistic
regression
analysis
confirmed
patients.
Receiver
operating
characteristic
(ROC)
curve
revealed
an
area
under
(AUC)
0.720
(95%
CI:
0.605-0.817,
0.001)
for
predicting
prognosis.
Survival
demonstrated
that
high
(≥2.61
had
a
worse
prognosis
low
(<2.61
ng/mL).
shows
potential
biomarker
diagnosis
sepsis,
however,
further
research
is
necessary
solidify
its
utility.
Antibiotics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(1), P. 101 - 101
Published: Jan. 17, 2025
Background:
Neonatal
sepsis
is
a
serious
condition
with
high
mortality,
especially
in
premature
and
low-birth-weight
neonates.
This
study
aims
to
examine
whether
the
haemostatic
profile
of
neonates
defers
depending
on
type
bacteria
(Gram-positive
or
Gram-negative),
by
using
method
Rotational
Thromboelastometry
(ROTEM).
Methods:
single-centre
prospective
cohort
was
conducted
128
sepsis,
including
95
cases
caused
Gram-negative
pathogens
33
Gram-positive
bacteria.
All
participants
were
hospitalised
Intensive
Care
Unit
(NICU).
ROTEM
parameters
compared
between
infections.
Results:
The
found
be
significantly
different
suffering
from
versus
infections,
associated
an
increased
clotting
potential
pathogens.
reflected
higher
values
such
as
A10,
α-angle,
MCF
EXTEM
INTEM
assays.
Multivariant
analysis
showed
that
infections
linked
clot
thickness
at
10
min
(coefficient:
8.9,
CI:
2.8-15.0,
p
=
0.004),
maximum
stability
10.4,
4.3-16.6,
0.001),
bigger
α-angle
8.0,
2.7-13.2,
0.003).
Similar
findings
observed
assay
parameters.
Conclusions:
leads
hypercoagulable
state,
whereas
exhibit
more
hypocoagulable
incidence
haemorrhagic
episodes.
These
provide
valuable
insights
into
disorders
may
aid
developing
individualised
approach
for
treatment
those
disorders,
dependent
adapted
specific
causative
organism.
Antibiotics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(9), P. 877 - 877
Published: Sept. 13, 2024
Neonatal
infectious
disease
continues
to
result
in
high
rates
of
infant
morbidity
and
mortality.
Early-
late-onset
represent
difficult
detect
treat
illnesses,
particularly
when
antimicrobial
resistant
pathogens
are
present.
Newborns
immunodeficient
at
increased
risk
vertical
horizontal
infection,
with
preterm
infants
increasingly
susceptible.
Additional
factors
associated
infection
include
prolonged
use
a
central
catheter
and/or
ventilation,
congenital
abnormalities,
admittance
intensive
care
units,
the
broad-spectrum
antibiotics.
There
is
increasing
recognition
importance
host
microbiome
dysbiosis
on
neonatal
disease,
including
necrotising
enterocolitis
sepsis
patients.
Current
diagnostic
methods
rely
blood
culture,
which
unreliable,
time
consuming,
can
false
negatives.
lack
accurate
reliable
tools
available
for
early
detection
infants;
therefore,
efficient
triage
treatment
remains
challenging.
The
application
biomarkers,
machine
learning,
artificial
intelligence,
biosensors,
microfluidics
technology,
may
offer
improved
methodologies.
Point-of-care
devices,
such
methodologies,
provide
fast,
reliable,
aids
This
review
will
discuss
as
impacted
by
resistance
highlight
novel
point-of-care
options.
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: Oct. 21, 2024
Background
Sepsis
is
a
common
disease
associated
with
neonatal
and
infant
mortality,
for
diagnosis,
blood
culture
currently
the
gold
standard
method,
but
it
has
low
positivity
rate
requires
more
than
2
days
to
develop.
Meanwhile,
unfortunately,
specific
biomarkers
early
timely
diagnosis
of
sepsis
in
infants
determination
severity
this
are
lacking
clinical
practice.
Methods
Samples
from
18
comorbidities,
25
without
noninfectious
diseases
were
evaluated
using
serum
metabolomics
approach
based
on
liquid
chromatography‒mass
spectrometry
(LC‒MS)
technology.
Differentially
abundant
metabolites
screened
via
multivariate
statistical
analysis.
In
addition,
least
absolute
shrinkage
selection
operator
(LASSO)
support
vector
machine
recursive
feature
elimination
(SVM-RFE)
analyses
conducted
identify
key
infections.
The
random
forest
algorithm
was
applied
determine
differentially
between
comorbidities.
Receiver
operating
characteristic
(ROC)
curves
generated
biomarker
value
testing.
Finally,
metabolic
pathway
analysis
explore
signaling
pathways
identified
metabolites.
Results
A
total
189
exhibited
significant
differences
infectious
infants,
while
137
distinct
septic
After
screening
LASSO
SVM-RFE
analyses,
hexylamine,
psychosine
sulfate,
LysoPC
(18:1
(9Z)/0:0),
2,4,6-tribromophenol,
25-cinnamoyl-vulgaroside
retained
sepsis.
ROC
curve
revealed
that
area
under
(AUC)
0.9200
0.9749
0.9684
0.7405
0.8893
25-cinnamoyl-vulgaroside,
1.000
combination
all
When
comorbidities
compared
those
four
endogenous
greatest
importance
algorithm,
namely,
12-oxo-20-trihydroxy-leukotriene
B4,
dihydrovaltrate,
PA
(8:0/12:0),
2-heptanethiol.
these
AUC
1
Pathway
indicated
phenylalanine,
tyrosine,
tryptophan
biosynthesis,
phenylalanine
metabolism,
porphyrin
metabolism
play
important
roles
Conclusion
Serum
metabolite
profiles
identified,
learning
diseases.
findings
obtained
expected
facilitate
disease.
Journal of Inflammation Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
Volume 17, P. 7777 - 7791
Published: Oct. 1, 2024
Identifying
high-risk
children
with
poor
prognoses
during
the
early
stages
of
sepsis
and
providing
timely
appropriate
interventions
are
imperative.
The
objective
this
study
was
to
develop
a
prognostic
prediction
model
for
pediatric
utilizing
neutrophil
lymphocyte
platelet
ratio
(NLPR).
Global Pediatrics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
9, P. 100189 - 100189
Published: June 3, 2024
Neonatal
sepsis
is
a
frequent
disease
affecting
newborns
worldwide.
It
can
be
life
threatening
causing
multi-organ
dysfunction.
We
present
case
of
28-day
old
neonate
who
was
admitted
for
an
acute
kidney
injury
in
the
context
neonatal
sepsis.
Management
conservative
and
successful,
consisted
adequately
treating
infection
with
antibiotics,
correcting
electrolyte
imbalances,
judiciously
administrating
fluids.