Table 2.
Organism causing EOS.
| Culture type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Organisms | All (n = 1236) | Blood (n = 1178) | Cerebrospinal fluid (n = 58) |
| Gram positive | |||
| Group B Streptococcus | 502 (40.6) | 473 (40.2) | 29 (50.0) |
| Gram-positive cocci (unspecified) | 212 (17.2) | 208 (17.7) | 4 (6.9) |
| Enterococcus spp. | 63 (5.1) | 63 (5.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 23 (1.9) | 23 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus | 20 (1.6) | 18 (1.5) | 2 (3.5) |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 11 (0.9) | 11 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) |
| Listeria spp. | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Group A Streptococcus | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (1.7) |
| Gram negative | |||
| Escherichia coli | 152 (12.3) | 145 (12.3) | 7 (12.1) |
| Gram-negative rods (unspecified) | 39 (3.2) | 37 (3.1) | 2 (3.5) |
| Haemophilus influenza | 23 (1.9) | 23 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Klebsiella spp. | 7 (0.6) | 7 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) |
| Acinetobacter spp. | 6 (0.5) | 4 (0.3) | 2 (3.5) |
| Enterobacter spp. | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Citrobacter spp. | 3 (0.2) | 3 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Pseudomonas spp. | 3 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 1 (1.7) |
| Salmonella spp. | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Serratia spp. | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) |
| Fungus | |||
| Candida spp. | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Unknown | 159 (12.9) | 149 (12.7) | 10 (17.2) |
Values presented as no. (%) or median [p25–p75].
EOS early-onset sepsis, spp. species.