Platelet Count and Sepsis in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates: Is There an Organism-Specific Response?

Thrombocytopenia is commonly observed in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates with sepsis. Specific platelet responses to different infectious agents have not been extensively characterized. The objectives of this study were to examine platelet counts and platelet indices in preterm neonates with c...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2003-06, Vol.111 (6), p.1411-1415
Main Authors: Guida, Jack D, Kunig, Anette M, Leef, Kathleen H, McKenzie, Steven E, Paul, David A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Babies
Bacterial infections
Biological and medical sciences
Birth weight
Blood
Blood Cell Count - statistics & numerical data
Blood platelets
Candidiasis - blood
Candidiasis - microbiology
Diseases
Emergency and intensive care: neonates and children. Prematurity. Sudden death
Escherichia coli Infections - blood
Escherichia coli Infections - microbiology
Female
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - blood
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature, Diseases - blood
Infant, Premature, Diseases - microbiology
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight - blood
Infants (Premature)
Intensive care medicine
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal - statistics & numerical data
Klebsiella Infections - blood
Klebsiella Infections - microbiology
Male
Medical sciences
Mothers - statistics & numerical data
Pathogens
Pediatrics
Physiological aspects
Platelet Count - statistics & numerical data
Premature infants
Pseudomonas Infections - blood
Pseudomonas Infections - microbiology
Sepsis
Sepsis - blood
Sepsis - microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections - blood
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Thrombocytopenia - blood
Thrombocytopenia - microbiology
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Summary:Thrombocytopenia is commonly observed in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates with sepsis. Specific platelet responses to different infectious agents have not been extensively characterized. The objectives of this study were to examine platelet counts and platelet indices in preterm neonates with culture-proven sepsis to determine if there are organism-specific platelet responses. We analyzed a cohort of all VLBW neonates (birthweight
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.111.6.1411