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. 2020 Feb 4;15(1):39–47. doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2019.12.005

Table 2.

Distribution of isolated bacteria according to sepsis onset and gestational age.

Isolated organism (total = 75) N (%) Early onset
N (%)
Late onset
N (%)
Test proportion P value Preterm
N (%)
Full term
N (%)
Test proportion P value
Gram-negative
Klebsiella species 34(45.3) 17(50) 17(50) 0.5 1 15(44.1) 19(55.9) 0.5 0.6
Enterobacter 3(4) 2(66.7) 1(33.3) 0.5 1 2(66.7) 1(33.3) 0.5 1
Pseudomonas 4(5.3) 0(0) 4(100) 0.5 0.12 2(50) 2(50) 0.5 1
Acinetobacter 8(10.7) 5(62.5) 3(37.5) 0.5 o.72 3(37.5) 5(62.5) 0.5 0.72
Total 49(65.3) 24(49) 25(51) 0.5 1 22(44.9) 27(55.1) 0.5 0.56
Gram-positive
CoNS 17(22.7) 4(23.5) 13(76.5) 0.5 0.04* 9(52.9) 8(47.1) 0.5 1
MRSA 7(9.3) 1(14.3) 6(85.7) 0.5 0.125 4(57.1) 3(42.9) 0.5 1
Strept. 2(2.7) 2(100) 0(0) 0.5 0.12 0(0) 2(100) 0.5 0.12
Total 26(34.7) 7(26.9) 19(73.1) 0.5 0.02* 13(50) 13(50) 0.5 1

*P < 0.05 is significant.

CoNS: coagulase-negative staphylococci; MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Strept.: streptococci.

Data are presented as numbers (percentages).