THE CONTRIBUTION OF INFECTIONS TO NEONATAL DEATHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES

THE CONTRIBUTION OF INFECTIONS TO NEONATAL DEATHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES

This study used anonymized death certificate data to determine the contribution of specific infections to neonatal deaths in England and Wales between 2003 and 2005. Infection was recorded in 11% of deaths, with two-thirds occurring in premature neonates. Group B Streptococcus was indicated in 32% o...

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Published in:The Pediatric infectious disease journal Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 345 - 347
Main Authors: Depani, Sarita J, Ladhani, Shamez, Heath, Paul T, Lamagni, Theresa L, Johnson, Alan P, Pebody, Richard G, Ramsay, Mary E, Sharland, Mike
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc 01-04-2011
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Communicable Diseases - epidemiology
Communicable Diseases - mortality
England - epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Infant, Newborn
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Wales - epidemiology
England
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Europe
Wales
Human
Infection
Prevention
Pediatrics
Newborn
Prognosis
pathogens
Mortality
neonatal mortality
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Summary:This study used anonymized death certificate data to determine the contribution of specific infections to neonatal deaths in England and Wales between 2003 and 2005. Infection was recorded in 11% of deaths, with two-thirds occurring in premature neonates. Group B Streptococcus was indicated in 32% of death certificates that specified a bacterial infection and in 11% of all infection-related deaths.
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ISSN:0891-3668
1532-0987
DOI:10.1097/INF.0b013e3182102249