Adjunctive therapy to treat neonatal sepsis.

Adjunctive therapy to treat neonatal sepsis. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Dec 02;: Authors: Esposito S, Principi N Abstract Introduction: Neonatal sepsis (NS) is a very severe condition that causes significant morbidity and mortality. The approach to NS is based on measures that can eliminate pathogens and overcome clinical manifestations derived from the immune process that follows pathogen invasion.Areas covered: To overcome the limits of antibiotic therapy and improve NS outcomes, measures chosen among those theoretically able to improve host defences or positively interfere with deleterious immune responses could be suggested. This paper discusses the mechanisms of action of these measures, whether their efficacy in prophylaxis justifies use in NS therapy and their impact.Expert opinion: NS remains a relevant problem despite the availability of antibiotics effective against the most common agents and the introduction of effective preventive measures such as group B Streptococcus prenatal screening and intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis. This explains why attempts to introduce new prophylactic and therapeutic measures have been made. Unfortunately, none of the measures suggested and tested to date can be considered a definitive advance. It is highly likely that in the future, new measures will be proposed according to the increase in the knowledge of the characteristics of immune system function in preterm infants and the metho...
Source: Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol Source Type: research