NOVEL APPROACHES TO THE PREVENTION AND THERAPY OF NEONATAL BACTERIAL SEPSIS

A variety of adjunctive treatments have been shown to offer potential benefits for neonates with sepsis. Most are not available clinically, and those that are available should be considered experimental or limi ted in their use; however, these efforts are far from complete and sho uld continue to evolve in the coming years. Efforts toward the rapid d iagnosis of bacterial infections are a necessary component in the even tual implementation of these potential novel strategies. As a better u nderstanding of the intricate mechanisms of neonatal sepsis is develop ed, it will be possible to provide patients with an increasingly effec tive array of treatment and prevention strategies.