Table 5.
Frequency of 10 common bacterial isolates from the rectum of neonates on the 14th day of life.
| Isolates | Maturity |
Asphyxia |
Mode of delivery |
Exclusive Breastfeeding |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preterm N = 18 | Term N = 52 | p | Yes N = 11 | No N = 59 | p | Vaginal N = 65 | CS N = 5 | p | Yes N = 61 | No N = 9 | p | |
| Coagulase-neg. Staph | 10 (55.6) | 23 (44.2) | 0.407 | 4 (36.4) | 29 (49.2) | 0.435 | 32 (49.2) | 1 (20.0) | 0.207 | 31 (50.8) | 2 (22.2) | 0.157 |
| Escherichia coli | 5 (27.8) | 21 (40.4) | 0.304 | 4 (36.4) | 22 (37.3) | 1.000 | 25 (38.5) | 1 (20.0) | 0.644 | 24 (39.3) | 2 (22.2) | 0.468 |
| Raoultella ornithinolytica | 6 (33.3) | 9 (17.3) | 0.153 | 3 (27.3) | 12 (20.3) | 0.691 | 13 (20.0) | 2 (40.0) | 0.290 | 12 (19.7) | 3 (33.3) | 0.392 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 7 (38.9) | 12 (23.1) | 0.194 | 2 (18.2) | 17 (28.8) | 0.715 | 16 (24.6) | 3 (60.0) | 0.119 | 13 (21.3) | 6 (66.7) | 0.004* |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 2 (11.1) | 12 (23.1) | 0.494 | 2 (18.2) | 12 (20.3) | 1.000 | 12 (18.5) | 2 (40.0) | 0.260 | 12 (19.7) | 2 (22.2) | 1.000 |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | 3 (16.7) | 6 (11.5) | 0.685 | 1 (9.1) | 8 (13.6) | 1.000 | 9 (13.8) | 0 (0.00) | 1.000 | 9 (14.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0.592 |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 2 (11.1) | 6 (11.5) | 1.000 | 2 (18.2) | 6 (10.2) | 0.602 | 7 (10.8) | 1 (20.0) | 0.465 | 6 (9.8) | 2 (22.2) | 0.272 |
| Enterobacter aerogenes | 1 (5.6) | 4 (7.7) | 1.000 | 1 (9.1) | 4 (6.8) | 1.000 | 4 (6.2) | 1 (20.0) | 0.318 | 5 (8.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000 |
| Serratia odoferans | 2 (11.1) | 3 (5.8) | 0.597 | 0 (0.0) | 5 (8.5) | 1.000 | 5 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000 | 5 (8.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000 |
| Citrobacter Koseri | 3 (16.7) | 1 (1.9) | 0.050 | 1 (9.1) | 3 (5.1) | 0.504 | 3 (4.6) | 1 (20.0) | 0.262 | 3 (4.9) | 1 (11.1) | 0.431 |
Chi-square test was used to generate the p-values. Numbers in parenthesis are in %.
*OR = 7.38 (95% CI: 1.62, 33.61).