A two-year follow-up of neonates with presumed sepsis treated with recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor during the first week of life

J Pediatr. 1996 Jan;128(1):135-7. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(96)70443-2.

Abstract

We have previously reported that recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor was well tolerated and resulted in sustained neutrophilia and improvement of neutrophil functions in newborn infants with presumed sepsis. We now report a 2-year follow-up on 21 of the initial cohort of 28 patients. Treatment with recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in neonates with presumed sepsis was not associated with any long-term adverse hematologic, immunologic, or developmental effects.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blood Cell Count
  • Child Development / physiology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins / blood
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
  • Sepsis / blood
  • Sepsis / drug therapy*
  • Sepsis / immunology
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Immunoglobulins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor