Performing a lumbar puncture on neonates with possible neonatal sepsis, meningitis, or both is the key to successful outcomes for these infants, according to the results of an Italian study.

Pneumococcal infections can be very serious – they include pneumonia, meningitis, and bacteremia (a blood infection ... M.D., a pediatrician and neonatal and pediatric hospitalist in Palo Alto, ...

Babies treated with antibiotics in the first few weeks of their life are likely to show weaker immune responses to essential vaccines taken in ...