Research Article

Neonatal Septicemia in Nepal: Early-Onset versus Late-Onset

Table 2

Distribution of isolated organisms.

Organism isolatedFrequency Total (%)
Early-onset (EOS)Late-onset (LOS)

Gram-positive organisms601474 (63.8)
S. aureus12517 (14.6)
 CoNS45954 (46.6)
Enterococcus spp.202 (1.7)
Viridans streptococci101 (0.85)
Gram-negative organisms222042 (36.2)
Acinetobacter spp.7411 (9.5)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa516 (5.2)
Citrobacter spp.112 (1.7)
E. coli044 (3.4)
Enterobacter spp.156 (5.2)
Klebsiella pneumoniae639 (7.7)
Burkholderia spp.202 (1.7)
Proteus mirabilis022 (1.7)

Total8234116 (100)