Research Article
Epidemiology of Neonatal Sepsis and Implicated Pathogens: A Study from Egypt
Table 4
Microbiological profile found in positive blood cultures from neonates with early- and late-onset sepsis.
| Isolated microorganism | Total (%) | EoNS number (%) | LoNS number (%) |
| Gram-positive bacteria | 82 (58.57) | 34 (69.39) | 48 (52.75) | Staphylococcus aureus | 3 (2.14) | — | 3 (3.30) | Coagulase negative staphylococci | 74 (52.86) | 32 (65.31) | 42 (46.15) | Streptococcus pneumoniae | 1 (0.71) | — | 1 (1.10) | Enterococcus faecalis | 2 (1.43) | 2 (4.08) | — | Micrococci spp. | 2 (1.43) | — | 2 (2.20) | Gram-negative bacteria | 54 (38.57) | 15 (30.61) | 39 (42.86) | Enterobacteriaceae | | | | Escherichia coli | 4 (2.86) | 3 (6.12) | 1 (1.10) | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 20 (14.29) | 2 (4.08) | 18 (19.78) | Klebsiella oxytoca | 1 (0.71) | — | 1 (1.10) | Raoultella spp. | 2 (1.43) | 1 (2.04) | 1 (1.10) | Enterobacter cloacae | 1 (0.71) | — | 1 (1.10) | Citrobacter freundii | 1 (0.71) | 1 (2.04) | — | Serratia marcescens | 10 (7.14) | 3 (6.12) | 7 (7.69) | Other Gram-negative bacilli | | | | Acinetobacter baumannii | 7 (5.00) | 4 (8.16) | 3 (3.30) | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 2 (1.43) | — | 2 (2.20) | Not identified | 6 | 1 | 5 | Fungi | | | | Candida spp. | 4 (2.86) | — | 4 (4.40) | Total | 140 | 49 (34.75) | 91 (65.00) |
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Two isolates of E. coli were metabolically inactive E. coli.
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