Selected references published in medical journals within the last years

2021

2020

2019

• Schulman J, Benitz WE, Profit J, et al.Newborn Antibiotic Exposures and Association With Proven Bloodstream Infection. Pediatrics 2019; 144. DOI:10.1542/peds.2019-1105
• Ur Rehman Durrani N, Rochow N, Alghamdi J, Pelc A, Fusch C, Dutta S.Minimum Duration of Antibiotic Treatment Based on Blood Culture in Rule Out Neonatal Sepsis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2019; 38: 528–32
•  Association of Use of the Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis Calculator With Reduction in Antibiotic Therapy and Safety: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Achten NB, Klingenberg C, Benitz WE, Stocker M, Schlapbach LJ, Giannoni E, Bokelaar R, Driessen GJA, Brodin P, Uthaya S, van Rossum AMC, Plötz FB. JAMA Pediatr. 2019;173(11):1032 doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.2825.

2018

• Fleischmann-Struzek C, Goldfarb DM, Schlattmann P, Schlapbach LJ, Reinhart K, Kissoon N. The global burden of paediatric and neonatal sepsis: a systematic review. Lancet Respir Med 2018; 6: 223–30.
• Stiemsma LT, Michels KB. The Role of the Microbiome in the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. Pediatrics 2018; 141. DOI:10.1542/peds.2017-2437
• Culture-negative early-onset sepsis - at the crossroad between efficient sepsis care and antimicrobial stewardship. Klingenberg C, Kornelisse RF, Buoncore G, Maier RF, Stocker M. Front Pediatr 2018:285, 2018
• Neonatal Sepsis of Early Onset, and Hospital-Acquired and Community-Acquired Late Onset: A Prospective Population-Based Cohort Study. Giannoni E, Agyeman PKA, Stocker M, Posfay-Barbe KM, Heininger U, Spycher BD, Bernhard-Stirnemann S, Niederer-Loher A, Kahlert CR, Donas A, Leone A, Hasters P, Relly C, Riedel T, Kuehni C, Aebi C, Berger C, Schlapbach LJ; Swiss Pediatric Sepsis Study. J Pediatr. 2018 Jul 24. pii: S0022-3476(18)30761-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.05.048.

2017

• Shane AL, Sánchez PJ, Stoll BJ. Neonatal sepsis. Lancet Lond Engl 2017; 390: 1770–80
• Efficacy and safety of Procalcitonin-guided decision-making versus standard care for duration of antibiotic therapy in neonates suspected of early-onset sepsis: the NeoPInS study - an international, multicenter, non-inferiority randomized controlled intervention trial. Martin Stocker, Wendy van Herk, Salhab el Helou, Sourabh Dutta, Matteo S Fontana, Frank ABA Schuerman, Rita K van den Tooren-de Groot, Jantien W Wieringa, Jan Janota, Laura H van der Meer-Kappelle, Rob Moonen, Sintha D Sie, Esther de Vries, Albertine E Donker, Urs Zimmerman, Luregn J Schlapbach, Amerik C de Mol, Angelique Hoffman-Haringsma, Madan Roy, Maren Tomaske, René F Kornelisse, Juliette van Gijsel, Eline G Visser, Sten P Willemsen, Annemarie MC van Rossum for the NeoPInS Study Group. Lancet 2017 August 26;390:871-81. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31444-7

2016

• Recognising early onset neonatal sepsis: an essential step in appropriate antimicrobial use. van Herk W, Stocker M, van Rossum AM. J Infect. 2016 Jul 5;72 Suppl:S77-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.04.026.
• Variation in Current Management of Term and Late-preterm Neonates at Risk for Early-onset Sepsis: An International Survey and Review of Guidelines. van Herk W, el Helou S, Janota J, Hagmann C, Klingenberg C, Staub E, Giannoni E, Tissieres P, Schlapbach LJ, van Rossum AM, Pilgrim SB, Stocker M. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 May;35(5):494-500. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001063.
• Incidence and Outcome of Group B Streptococcal Sepsis in Infants in Switzerland. Giannoni E, Berger C, Stocker M, Agyeman P, Posfay-Barbe KM, Heininger U, Konetzny G, Niederer-Loher A, Kahlert C, Donas A, Leone A, Hasters P, Relly C, Baer W, Aebi C, Schlapbach LJ; Swiss Pediatric Sepsis Study Group. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Feb;35(2):222-4. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000974

2014

• Weiss SL, Fitzgerald JC, Balamuth F, et al. Delayed antimicrobial therapy increases mortality and organ dysfunction duration in pediatric sepsis. Crit Care Med 2014; 42: 2409–17

2013

• Recommendations for term and late preterm infants at risk for perinatal bacterial infection. Stocker M, Berger C, McDopugall J, Giannoni E. SMW 2013; 143:w13873