Sepsis-Related Mortality of Very Low Birth Weight Brazilian Infants: The Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Table 1

Number (%) of episodes of total sepsis, EOS and LOS in 71 VLBW infants testing positive for each organism, Servidores Estado Hospital, April 2001/September 2004.

ORGANISM	Total Sepsis		EOS		LOS
	𝑁	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Gram-positive organisms	52	59.8	10	11.6	42	48.2
Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus	31	35.5	7	8	24	27.5
Methicillin-sensible S. aureus	16	18.3	1	1.2	15	17.1
Methicillin-resistant S. aureus	1	1.2	—	—	1	1.2
Enterococcus	2	2.4	—	—	2	2.4
Streptococcus agalactiae (B)	1	1.2	1	1.2	—	—
Listeria monocytogenes	1	1.2	1	1.2	—	—
Gram-negative organisms	29	33.3	—	—	29	33.3
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	8	9.1	—	—	8	9.1
Klebsiella pneumoniae sp	6	6.9	—	—	6	6.9
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus	6	6.9	—	—	6	6.9
Unidentified gram-negative	3	3.4	—	—	3	3.4
Serratia marcescens	3	3.4	—	—	3	3.4
Enterobacter cloacae	2	2.4	—	—	2	2.4
Escherichia coli	1	1.2	—	—	1	1.2
Fungi	6	6.9	—	—	6	6.9
Candida albicans	6	6.9	—	—	6	6.9
Total	87	100	10	11.6	77	88.4

EOS: early-onset-sepsis.
LOS: late-onset-sepsis.