Table 4.

Effect of the CD14 -260 CT Polymorphism on Nosocomial Blood Stream Infections in African- American and Caucasian Infants

	African American				Caucasian
Organism	CC (n = 109)	CT (n = 101)	TT (n = 23)	P value	CC (n = 23)	CT (n = 24)	TT (n = 10)	P value
CONS	34 (31)	39 (39)	13 (57)	0.065	12 (52)	24 (46)	2 (20)	0.224
Non CONS	26 (24)	21 (21)	9 (39)	0.178	6 (26)	4 (17)	4 (40)	0.346
Fungal	14 (13)	11 (11)	4 (17)	0.685	2 (9)	1 (4)	1 (10)	0.765
Gram negative bacilli	13 (12)	2 (2)	2 (9)	0.021	3 (13)	2 (8)	3 (30)	0.250
Enterococcus sp.	3 (3)	2 (2)	2 (9)	0.229	0	2 (8)	0	0.241
Other	5 (5)	8 (8)	4 (17)	0.095	1 (4)	2 (8)	0	0.592

Numbers in parentheses represent percentages of patients with nosocomial blood stream infections