Biomarkers for late-onset neonatal sepsis.docVIP

Polin and Randis Genome Medicine 2010,2:58 /content/2/9/58 CO MMENTA RY Biomarkers for late-onset neonatal sepsis Richard A Polin* and Tara M Randis physiological disturbances and those of bacteremia or Abstract fungemia. Earlier diagnosis of sepsis in critically ill infants would enable timely administration of antibiotics and discontinuation of treatment in infants with a low probability of sepsis. The diagnosis of healthcare-associated infections is problematic because of the overlap between clinical signs associated with‘normal’physiological disturbances