Table 4.

Site of focal infections in neonatal sepsis vs time of onset, Korea, 1997–1999

		Culture-confirmed sepsis				Clinically diagnosed sepsis
	Early onset (n = 118)	Late onset (n = 61)	Total (n = 179)	% total	Early onset (n = 836)	Late onset (n = 265)	Total (n = 1101)	% total
Urinary tract infection	15	9	24	46.0	13	10	23	18.9
Meningitis	8	2	10	19.2	3	27	30	24.6
Pneumonia	4	3	7	13.5	28	7	35	28.7
Conjunctivitis	2	3	5	9.6	12	7	19	15.6
Skin infection	2	3	5	9.6	1	4	5	4.1
Omphalitis	1	0	1	1.9	7	3	10	8.2
Total	32	20	52	100.0	64	58	122	100.0

Early onset, ≤72 h; late onset, >72 h–<4 weeks. Six patients (confirmed sepsis, n = 2; clinical sepsis, n = 4) had two different localized infections.