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. 2020 Jun 9;39(11):2185–2194. doi: 10.1007/s10096-020-03925-5

Table 2.

Major characteristics of the BSIs and infected neonates according to the micro-organism

BSIs Infected neonates
N Portal of entry Sex Birth weight (g) Gestational age (week) Early death (%)
CVC UVC Cutaneous Pulmonary Urinary Digestive Others Not identified Male Female < 1500 g Median < 33 weeks Median
Micro-organism
   All 141 47 23 12 9 1 17 9 23 81 60 112 (79.4) 980 113 (80.1) 28 22 (15.6)
   S. aureus 24 9 4 4 4 1 1 1 12 12 16 (66.7) 1,100 16 (66.7) 30 7 (29.2)
   S. epidermidis 55 20 11 6 1 4 1 12 35 20 43 (78.2) 910 43 (78.2) 27 5 (9.1)
   S. haemolyticus 22 10 3 2 3 1 3 10 12 22 (100.0) 917 21 (95.4) 27 3 (13.6)
   S. capitis 20 10 1 1 1 3 4 12 8 16 (80.0) 855 15 (75.0) 26 1 (5.0)
   Enterococci 7 1 3 1 1 1 6 1 4 (57.1) 1,260 4 (57.1) 31 1 (14.3)
   Enterobacteriaceae 17 1 2 2 1 4 5 2 9 8 9 (52.9) 1,480 11 (64.7) 29 5 (29.4)
   Bacillus cereus 3 1 1 1 0 3 2 (66.7) 745 3 (100.0) 28 0