Immune cell subsets at birth may help to predict risk of late-onset sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants

Parameters predicting late-onset sepsis (LOS) and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm infants would be valuable. Ten-color flow-cytometry enables the estimation of cellular immune status requiring only small sample volumes.

Source: Early Human Development - December 15, 2015 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Konrad Bochennek, Esther Fryns, Boris Wittekindt, Horst Buxmann, Andrea Quaiser, Doris Fischer, Thomas Klingebiel, Ulrike Koehl, Rolf Schloesser, Sabine Huenecke Source Type: research