Similar Strains of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Found in the Gastrointestinal Tract and Bloodstream of Bacteremic Neonates

Table 1

Distribution of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) and enterobacterial bacteremia based on positive perianal and pharyngeal surveillance cultures over 3 consecutive years (%) ().

Year	Type of culture (CoNS)	CoNS bacteremia (%)	Enterobacterial bacteremia (%)	Type of culture (Enterobacteria)
2013	Perianal (n = 608)	7.9	1.1	Perianal (n = 379)
	Pharyngeal (n = 475)	8.2	0.0	Pharyngeal (n = 125)
2014	Perianal (n = 635)	11.0	1.8	Perianal (n = 501)
	Pharyngeal (n = 548)	10.0	0.0	Pharyngeal (n = 145)
2015	Perianal (n = 642)	15.3	2.4	Perianal (n = 863)
	Pharyngeal (n = 596)	13.4	3.1	Pharyngeal (n = 289)
	Total perianal: 1885	34.2	5.3	Total perianal: 1743
	Total pharyngeal: 1619	31.6	3.1	Total pharyngeal: 559