Evaluación de pruebas alternativas al hemocultivo en el diagnóstico de la sepsis neonatal precoz. / [Evaluation of alternative hemoculture tests for the diagnosis of early neonatal sepsis]
Medicina (B.Aires)
; 53(2): 124-8, 1993.
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| ID: bin-37771
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ABSTRACT
In order to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of coadjuvant tests such as external auditory canal swab culture and cultures from nasopharyngeal and gastric aspirates, and to determine the incidence and etiology of early neonatal sepsis (ENS) at our Unit, 90 newborn cases whose mothers experienced premature rupture of the membranes (PRM) were studied prospectively. Although a firm diagnosis requires positive blood cultures, the difficulty in recovering microorganisms and the trauma induced by sample collection in the baby justify the search for alternative diagnostic tests. Out of 2293 childbirths during 1991, 90 mothers (4
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Medicina (B.Aires)
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1993
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