Recent years have seen substantial improvements in life expectancy and access to
antimicrobials, especially in low-income and lower-middle-income countries, but increasing …

Infections in the first year of life are common and often severe. The newborn host
demonstrates both quantitative and qualitative differences to the adult in nearly all aspects of …

This is the eighteenth global report on tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO in a series that
started in 1997. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic …

Summary Background Group B streptococcus (GBS) colonisation during pregnancy can
lead to invasive GBS disease (iGBS) in infants, including meningitis or sepsis, with a high …

Background There is limited data on antibiotic treatment in hospitalized neonates in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs). We aimed to describe patterns of antibiotic use …

Antibacterial photocatalytic therapy (APCT) is one of the most promising non‐antibiotic
treatment strategies for biofilm‐infected wounds and inflammation caused by drug‐resistant …

Sepsis in early infancy results in one million annual deaths worldwide, most of them in
develo** countries. No efficient means of prevention is currently available. Here we report …

Early neonatal death (ENND), defined as the death of a newborn between zero and seven
days after birth, represents 73% of all postnatal deaths worldwide. Despite a 50% reduction …

Background Aetiological data for neonatal infections are essential to inform policies and
programme strategies, but such data are scarce from sub-Saharan Africa. We therefore …

Background Despite significant global progress in reducing neonatal mortality, bacterial
sepsis remains a major cause of neonatal deaths. Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) …