Biomarkers for diagnosis of neonatal sepsis: a literature review

• Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine Vol. 31; no. 12; p. 1646
• Main Authors: Sharma, Deepak, Farahbakhsh, Nazanin, Shastri, Sweta, Sharma, Pradeep
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 18.06.2018
• Subjects: Biomarkers - blood; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Neonatal Sepsis - blood; positive predictive value; specificity; Biomarker; neonatal sepsis; sensitivity; negative predictive value

Sepsis is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in neonatal populations. There has been constant search of an ideal sepsis biomarker that have high sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV), so that both the diagnosis and exclusion of neona...