Reactive Hyperemia and Interleukin 6, Interleukin 8, and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in the Diagnosis of Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis

Abstract

Newborn infants with septicemia have increased reactive hyperemia and elevated cytokine levels very early in their disease. Reactive hyperemia in skin can be analyzed at the bedside and noninvasively and therefore may serve as an additional diagnostic tool in neonatal sepsis.