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    Umbilical cord blood procalcitonin level in early neonatal infections: a 4-year university hospital cohort study

    This article describes a study of procalcitonin (PCT) measured in cord blood as a discriminating marker of early-onset neonatal infection. This was a monocenter retrospective study with prospective collection ...

    N. Joram, J.-B. Muller, S. Denizot in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (2011)

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    Umbilical cord blood procalcitonin as a risk factor for mortality in very premature infants

    Fetal inflammatory response syndrome is implicated as a cause of fetal or neonatal injury. We analyzed the relationship between the procalcitonin umbilical cord blood level and neonatal outcome. A total of 237...

    A. Lautridou, P.-Y. Ancel, E. Launay in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (2012)

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    Healthcare-associated infection prevention in pediatric intensive care units: a review

    The objective of this review was to summarize the current knowledge base on the prevention of nosocomial infections in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a cruc...

    N. Joram, L. de Saint Blanquat, D. Stamm in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (2012)

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    A new procalcitonin cord-based algorithm in early-onset neonatal infection: for a change of paradigm

    Diagnostic of early-onset neonatal infection (EONI) remains an emergency. Recent studies underline the potential benefit of using Procalcitonin (PCT) in early diagnosis of bacterial infections in neonates. The...

    S. Lencot, B. Cabaret, G. Sauvage in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (2014)