The usability of umbilical cord blood and infant blood procalcitonin as an early diagnostic marker in diagnosing early onset bacterial sepsis to enhance antibiotic stewardship (A prospective, case-control study).
Neonates ≥32 weeks with a confirmed or probable EOS had higher umbilical cord blood PCT levels, but those with EOS risk factors have lower levels. However, PCT does not appear to be a good indicator following antibiotic therapy for the mother. So, to differentiate between healthy and infected neonates with or without EOS risk factors, PCT may be helpful.
Authors
- Mohamed Mosa
- Abdulkarim Hasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0391-306X)
- Asmaa M. Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6546-3848)
- Nawfal R Hussein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7813-9198)
- Mahmoud Attalah
- Mohammad Abd El-Ghaffar
- Ahmed Abdelgawad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8859-563X)
- Alaa M Gaafar
- L A Gad
- Ehab Ibrahim Sorour
- Eslam Safwat Mohamed
- Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9779-8586)
- Mohammad Naghi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3652-7969)
- Heba Elhakeem
- A. Mansour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3452-3014)
- Fatima G Yehia
- Ahmed Mostafa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3210-9647)
- Abdelmoniem Hamed
- Ammar M. Mahmoud
- M. M. Saber
- Ashraf Omar
- Mohamed Ahamed
- AEI Mohammad
- M A Khoudary
- A A M El-Samman
- E H F Abouzied
Institutions
- Al-Azhar University (EG)
- Lux Research (United States) (US)
- Helwan University (EG)
- Assiut University (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7417/ct.2025.5203
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00