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SUBMITTER: Wright JK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5866512 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wright Julie Korol JK Hayford Kyla K Tran Vanessa V Al Kibria Gulam Muhammed GM Baqui Abdullah A Manajjir Ali A Mahmud Arif A Begum Nazma N Siddiquee Mashuk M Kain Kevin C KC Farzin Azadeh A
BMC pediatrics 20180323 1
<h4>Background</h4>Reducing death due to neonatal sepsis is a global health priority, however there are limited tools to facilitate early recognition and treatment. We hypothesized that measuring circulating biomarkers of endothelial function and integrity (i.e. Angiopoietin-Tie2 axis) would identify young infants with sepsis and predict their clinical outcome.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a matched case-control (1:3) study of 98 young infants aged 0-59 days of life presenting to a referral hospi ...[more]