Ten- vs. 14-day antibiotic therapy for culture-positive neonatal sepsis.

Background: Neonatal sepsis is a major determinant of neonatal mortality. There is a scarcity of evidence-based guidelines for the duration of antibiotics in culture-positive sepsis.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of 10- and 14-day antibiotic therapies in the management of culture-positive neonatal sepsis.

Serum (1,3)-b-D-Glucan for Screening of Neonatal Fungemia.

This study was conducted to identify the mycological pattern, and to calculate the diagnostic accuracy of serum (1,3)-b-D-glucan for screening fungal sepsis in 351 high-risk neonates. Candida tropicalis was the most common isolate (n=16, 38.1%).