Research Article

Bacterial Bloodstream Infections in Neonates in a Developing Country

Table 3

Bacterial isolates and mortality.

OrganismTotalEOS (death)LOS (death)

Gram positive
Staphylococci
Coagulase negative staphylococci624 (0)58 (4)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 160 (0)16 (3)
Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus 70 (0)7 (2)
Enterococci
Enterococcus faecalis 131 (1)12 (0)
  Enterococcus faecium 110 (0)11 (2)
 Streptococci
  Streptococcus agalactiae 107 (0)3 (1)
  Viridans streptococci153 (0)12 (1)
Gram negative
 Enterobacteriaceae
  Citrobacter freundii 10 (0)1 (1)
  Enterobacter aerogenes 10 (0)1 (0)
  Enterobacter cloacae 40 (0)4 (1)
  Escherichia coli 230 (0)23 (11)
  Klebsiella oxytoca 10 (0)1 (1)
  Klebsiella pneumoniae 120 (0)12 (4)
  Klebsiella pneumonia (ESBL)341 (0)33 (8)
  Proteus mirabilis 10 (0)1 (0)
Non-fermenters
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 40 (0)4 (1)
Acinetobacter baumannii 270 (0)27 (4)
Acinetobacter spp. 20 (0)2 (1)
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 10 (0)1 (0)
Other
Aeromonas caviae 10 (0)1 (0)

Total24616 (1)230 (45)