| One child was diagnosed with omphalitis and was treated in the hospital with antibiotics. |
| Neonatal umbilical infection, or omphalitis, is characterized by redness, induration, and purulent or malodorous drainage from the umbilical stump. |
| Perivascular leukocytic infiltration of the cord and placental fetal vessels are typical of omphalitis or placentitis. |
| This view has been questioned since a history of omphalitis and intra-abdominal sepsis has been documented in relatively few patients. |
| One infant washed with soap and water developed omphalitis, an infection which can lead to an often deadly condition called necrotizing fasciitis, the study found. |
| It is characterized by delayed separation of the umbilical cord followed by an often fatal omphalitis. |
