| Literature DB >> 27424947 |
M Ben Said1, S Hays2, M Bonfils3, E Jourdes3, J-P Rasigade4, F Laurent4, J-C Picaud5.
Abstract
During hospitalization, sepsis occurs in one of every five very-low-birthweight infants. The emergence of Staphylococcus capitis (SC)-related sepsis in preterm infants was observed recently. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical severity of SC-related sepsis in preterm infants. Of the 105 infants who presented with sepsis related to coagulase-negative staphylococci, 74 were SC. Severe morbidity was more common in the SC group (55.4%) than in the non-SC coagulase-negative staphylococci group (32.0%) (P=0.03). Multi-variate analysis identified SC-related sepsis as an independent risk factor for severe morbidity.Entities:
Keywords: Morbidity; Prematurity; Sepsis; Staphylococcus
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27424947 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.06.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hosp Infect ISSN: 0195-6701 Impact factor: 3.926