Functional state of neutrophils in newborns with purulent-septic diseases

Due to the insufficient development of immunobiological protection factors in newborns, prerequisites are created for the generalization of local and recurrent purulent infection [2]. The risk of a general septic process increases with infection with strains of hospital bacterial flora, as well as with viral superinfection [3]. The lack of clear criteria for timely and objective diagnosis of neonatal sepsis is the cause of delayed adequate intensive care, leads to the development of complications and underlies an unfavorable prognosis, especially in atypical, erased forms of sepsis, with subacute and sluggish course of the disease.