Sepsis-Related Mortality of Very Low Birth Weight Brazilian Infants: The Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Table 3
Number (%) of organisms related to total sepsis, EOS and LOS in 21VLBW infants who died of sepsis, Servidores do Estado Hospital, April 2001/September 2004.
Sepsis-related mortality
Organism
Total sepsis
EOS
LOS
%
%
%
Gram-positive organism
52
7
13.4
1
1.9
6
11.5
Coagulase-negative staphylococcus
31
4
12.9
1
3.2
3
9.6
Staphylococcus aureus
16
2
12.9
––-
––-
2
12.5
Staphylococcus MRSA
1
1
100
––-
––-
1
100
Others
4
––-
––-
––-
––-
––-
––-
Gram-negative organism
29
13
44.8
1
3.4
12
41.4
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
8
6
75
––-
6
75
Klebsiella pneumoniae sp
6
4
66.7
––-
––-
4
66.7
Serratia
3
2
66.7
1
33.3
1
33.3
Escherichia coli
1
1
100
1
100
Others
11
––-
––-
––-
––-
––-
––-
Fungi
6
1
16.7
––-
––-
1
16.7
Candida albicans
6
1
16.7
––-
––-
1
16.7
Total
87*
21**
2
19
*
Total episodes sepsis-causing organisms
**
Organisms that caused the last sepsis episode right before death of the 21 VLBW infants EOS: early-onset-sepsis. LOS: late-onset-sepsis.
