TABLE 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of neonates with SHN bacteremia

Case no.	Sex	Gestational age (wk)	Birth wt (g)	Date of bacteremia (mo/day/yr)	Age at bacteremia (days)	Other source(s) of SHN isolation	Underlying condition(s)	Clinical significancea
1	Male	29	1,251	2/28/2002	9	None	RDSb	No
2	Female	31	1,395	3/8/2002	6	Catheter	RDS	Yes
3	Male	27	1,020	4/8/2002	11	None	RDS	No
4	Female	27	900	7/2/2002	9	None	RDS	Yes
5	Male	32	1,650	8/5/2002	10	None	None	Yes
6	Male	35	2,340	8/8/2002	35	Catheter	Necrotizing enterocolitis	Yes
7	Female	41	1,750	8/28/2002	7	None	None	Yes
8	Male	35	1,209	9/6/2002	11	CSF	Malformative syndrome	Yes
9	Female	36	3,000	9/10/2002	9	None	Omphalocele	No
10	Female	33	1,830	9/30/2002	7	Catheter, wound	RDS, pulmonary hypoplasia	Yes
11	Male	37	2,120	10/30/2002	65	None	Gastroschisis	Yes
12	Female	36	2,950	10/30/2002	29	None	Congenital heart disease	No
16	Male	26	800	9/22/2003	120	None	Bronchopulmonary dysplasia	No
17	Male	26	950	9/29/2003	9	Catheter, ear fluid	RDS	Yes
18	Female	25	711	10/17/2003	5	Catheter	RDS	Yes
19	Female	38	2,300	10/17/2003	16	None	Intestinal obstruction	Yes
20	Male	28	520	10/20/2003	12	Catheter	RDS	Yes
21	Female	29	1,258	10/20/2003	8	None	RDS	Yes

^aClinical significance was assessed as described in the text.

^bRDS, respiratory distress syndrome.