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A Neonatal Imaging Model of Gram-Negative Bacterial Sepsis
Published on: August 12, 2020
Fungal and bacterial sepsis and threshold ROP in preterm very low birth weight neonates
P Manzoni1, A Maestri, M Leonessa
1Neonatology and Hospital NICU, Azienda Ospedaliera OIRM - Sant'Anna, and Department of Paediatric Sciences, University of Torino, Italy. paolomanzoni@hotmail.com
Objective:
To determine whether an association exists between either fungal or bacterial sepsis and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).
Study Design:
Retrospective cohort study on all neonates with birth weight <1500 g admitted to a large Italian third Level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the years 1997-2001 and screened for ROP. Univariate analysis and multiple logistic regression were used to detect significant associations with ROP (all grades and threshold) in neonates with birth weight<1000 g (extremely low birth weight (ELBW)) and 1000-1500 g.
Results:
Among 301 enrolled neonates, ROP (all grades), threshold ROP, fungal and bacterial sepsis occurred in 31.9, 12.9, 11.6 and 40.5% of the infants, respectively. At multivariate analysis, only gestational age (P=0.03), colonization by Candida non-albicans spp (P=0.03) and fungal sepsis (P=0.03) were independent predictors of threshold ROP, and only in ELBW neonates.
Conclusions:
Fungal (but not bacterial) sepsis is significantly and independently associated with ROP, but only in ELBW neonates and only with threshold ROP.
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