TABLE 2.
Pathogens recovered from the blood of 137 children up to 15 years old
| Pathogen | No. (%) of patients with pathogensa | No. of patients at the following age:
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| Newborn–60 days | 61 days–1 yr | 1–5 yr | 5–10 yr | 10–15 yr | ||
| Corynebacterium spp. | 2 (1.4) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Staphylococcus spp. | ||||||
| S. aureus | 16 (10.9) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| S. epidermidis | 6 (4.1) | 5 | 1 | |||
| Coagulase negative, otherb | 2 (1.4) | 2 | ||||
| Streptobacillus moniliformis | 1 (0.7) | 1 | ||||
| Streptococcus spp. | ||||||
| S. agalactiae | 11 (7.5) | 10 | 1 | |||
| S. pneumoniae | 48 (33.6) | 2 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| S. pyogenes | 3 (2.0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Viridans group | 2 (1.4) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Enterococcus spp. | 4 (2.7) | 2 | 2 | |||
| Capnocytophaga spp. | 1 (0.7) | 1 | ||||
| Enterobacteriaceae | ||||||
| Escherichia coli | 27 (18.4) | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Otherc | 11 (7.5) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Flavobacterium meningosepticum | 1 (0.7) | 1 | ||||
| Haemophilus influenzae | 4 (2.7) | 2 | 2 | |||
| Moraxella catarrhalis | 1 (0.7) | 1 | ||||
| Neisseria meningitidis | 1 (0.7) | 1 | ||||
| Candida spp.d | 3 (2.0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Anaerobese | 3 (2.0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 147 | 57 | 47 | 19 | 13 | 11 |
Five children had polymicrobic infections (two with three species each and three with two species each), and two children had multiple septic episodes.
The other staphylococci (n) included Staphylococcus warneri (1) and Staphylococcus species with no further identification (1).
The other Enterobacteriaceae (n) included Klebsiella pneumoniae (3); Salmonella species (3), including one Salmonella serogroup Typhi; Enterobacter cloacae (2); Enterobacter aerogenes (1); Enterobacter agglomerans (1); and Serratia marcescens (1).
The Candida spp. (n) included Candida albicans (2) and Candida lusitaniae (1).
The anaerobes (n) included Clostridium perfringens (2) and Bacteroides ovatus (1).