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[Suppurative-inflammatory diseases in newborn infants]
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Neonatal suppurative-inflammatory diseases show changing causes and clinical signs. Preventive antibiotics in maternity hospitals are ineffective and harm infant microbial colonization.
Area of Science:
- Neonatal Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Microbiology
Background:
- Suppurative-inflammatory diseases in neonates pose significant health risks.
- Understanding etiological patterns is crucial for effective treatment and prevention.
- Antibiotic use in neonatal care requires careful consideration of its impact.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze changes in the etiological patterns of neonatal suppurative-inflammatory diseases between 1978 and 1988.
- To identify trends in microbial causes and associated clinical manifestations.
- To evaluate the effectiveness and impact of preventive antibiotic therapy in neonates.
Main Methods:
- Retrospective analysis of etiological data for neonatal suppurative-inflammatory diseases.
- Tracking changes in microorganism prevalence over a decade (1978-1988).
- Correlating etiological shifts with clinical presentations and antibiotic therapy practices.
Main Results:
- Significant shifts observed in the etiological structure of neonatal infections.
- Increasing prevalence of specific microorganism families and species identified.
- Clinical manifestations evolved in response to changing etiologies.
- Preventive antibiotic therapy in maternity settings demonstrated ineffectiveness.
- Deleterious effects of preventive antibiotics on early postnatal microbial colonization were evident.
Conclusions:
- Etiological patterns of neonatal suppurative-inflammatory diseases are dynamic and require ongoing surveillance.
- Clinical management strategies must adapt to evolving microbial landscapes.
- Routine preventive antibiotic administration in neonates is not recommended due to lack of efficacy and adverse effects on microbiome development.
Abstract:
Changes in the etiological patterns of suppurative-inflammatory diseases of neonates during 1978-1988 were analysed. Basic trends in the etiological structure changes, growing numbers of individual microorganism families or species, and changes in the clinical manifestations corresponding to the etiology variation were demonstrated. Preventive antibiotic therapy administered to neonates in the maternity hospital is proved ineffective, and its deleterious effect on the postnatal microbial colonization is shown.