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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Application of Advanced Molecular Methods to Study Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis.

Chrysoula Kosmeri, Vasileios Giapros, Anastasios Serbis, Maria Baltogianni

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Screening of Group BOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2025
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  15. Bacteria and host: what does this mean for sepsis bottleneck?World journal of emergency medicine · 2025
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  17. Congenital Sepsis withMicroorganisms · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chrysoula KosmeriDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1244-375X
Vasileios GiaprosNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.
Anastasios SerbisDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5422-3988
Maria BaltogianniNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.
University Hospital of Ioannina · GRUniversity of Ioannina · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early-onset sepsis (EOS) is a global health issue, considered one of the primary causes of neonatal mortality. Diagnosis of EOS is challenging because its clinical signs are nonspecific, and blood culture, which is the current gold-standard diagnostic tool, has low sensitivity. Commonly used biomarkers for sepsis diagnosis, including C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and interleukin-6, lack specificity for infection. Due to the disadvantages of blood culture and other common biomarkers, ongoing efforts are directed towards identifying innovative molecular approaches to diagnose neonates at risk of sepsis. This review aims to gather knowledge and recent research on these emerging molecular methods. PCR-based techniques and unrestricted techniques based on 16S rRNA sequencing and 16S-23S rRNA gene interspace region sequencing offer several advantages. Despite their potential, these approaches are not able to replace blood cultures due to several limitations; however, they may prove valuable as complementary tests in neonatal sepsis diagnosis. Several microRNAs have been evaluated and have been proposed as diagnostic biomarkers in EOS. T2 magnetic resonance and bioinformatic analysis have proposed potential biomarkers of neonatal sepsis, though further studies are essential to validate these findings.

Indexed as

Neonatal SepsisSepsisBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinHumansInfant, NewbornRNA, Ribosomal, 16SBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinRNA, Ribosomal, 16S16S rRNAbioinformaticsearly-onset sepsismicroRNAmolecular methods

Identifiers

PMID38396935
PMCPMC10889541
OpenAlexW4391820767

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