**Meet the editor**

Born in Graz, Austria, Prof. Bernhard Resch received his medical degree at the Karl – Franzens University Graz in 1988. Following post-doc studies at the Division of Neonatology, and the Department of Pediatric Surgery of the University Hospital Graz, he became consultant of Pediatrics in 1997 and consultant of Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine in 2000. In 2004 he became

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and in 2008 Head of the Research Unit of Neonatal Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology of the Medical University Graz. In 2012 he became Professor of Pediatrics. His main research fields include neonatal infectious diseases, respiratory syncytial virus infection, and periventricular leukomalacia of the preterm infant.He is member and board member of several national and international scientific societies; currently he is president of the Austrian Society of Perinatal Medicine, and member of the editorial board of several international journals including The Open Microbiology Journal and Journal of Neonatal Biology. Prof. Resch is married and has four children between 13 and 23 years of age.

Contents

**Preface VII** 

**Section 1 Clinical Presentation 1** 

Ketevan Nemsadze

Chapter 2 **Neonatal Pneumonia 19**  Friedrich Reiterer

Chapter 3 **Neonatal Osteomyelitis 33** 

**Section 2 Diagnostic Approaches 43** 

Chapter 4 **The Role of C-Reactive Protein** 

**Section 3 Prevention and Treatment 79** 

Chapter 6 **Immunoglobulins in the Prevention** 

Chapter 1 **Early Detection and Prevention of Neonatal Sepsis 3** 

Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer and Elke Griesmaier

**in the Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis 45**  Nora Hofer, Wilhelm Müller and Bernhard Resch

Chapter 5 **The Role of Immature Granulocyte Count and Immature Myeloid Information in the Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis 59** 

> Christina Cimenti, Wolfgang Erwa, Wilhelm Müller and Bernhard Resch

**and Treatment of Neonatal Sepsis 81**  Elisabeth Resch and Bernhard Resch
