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Table 3 Organisms in blood cultures of infants with early and late onset sepsis (n = 166)

From: Emerging antimicrobial resistance in early and late-onset neonatal sepsis

 

Blood culture

Isolated organism

Early onset sepsis

Late onset sepsis

Total

-Klebsiella pneumoniae

20

49

69 (41.56%)

-Pseudomonas aeruginosa

7

14

21 (12.65%)

-Acinetobacter

3

10

13 (7.83%)

-CONS

15

16

31 (18.67%)

-MRSA

2

7

9 (5.42%)

-B streptococci

0

4

4 (2.40%)

-Streptococcus pneumoniae

1

0

1 (0.60%)

-Staphylococcus aureus

0

3

3 (1.80%)

-Escherichia coli

0

4

4 (2.40%)

-Enterobacter

1

7

8 (4.81%)

-Salmonella

0

1

1 (0.60%)

-Stenotrophomonaes

0

2

2 (1.20%)

-Total

  

166

  1. CONS coagulase negative staphylococci, MRSA methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus