Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Early-onset neonatal sepsis EOS is a rare condition but an important cause of severe morbidity and mortality in neonates. Fifteen meningitis cases were diagnosed.
Five E. Of the 54 infants with GBS infections, 35 were born from mothers with negative GBS prepartum screening test and 8 from mothers with no screening. Two deaths were reported, both in term infants Proteus mirabilis and E.
EOS was six times more frequent in late preterm than in term infants and was due to E. Details of maternal Group B Streptococcus screening status and prophylactic treatment are provided. Early-onset neonatal sepsis EOS has a low incidence in developed countries but has potentially serious consequences.
The annual incidence of EOS was 0. Eleven newborns Close monitoring of E. There is no national EOS register in France. Two years after the release of the new recommendations, the creation of an observatory in the Paris area appeared necessary.
The primary objective was to estimate the annual incidence and pathogen distribution in EOS. The secondary objective was to describe the clinical characteristics of mothers and infants and their management. The Paris area had 81 maternity wards at the beginning of the study, 3 of which closed in Recruitment took place at the time of diagnosis, after families received information and agreed to participate.
