Clinical Value of Plasma Soluble Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor Levels in Term Neonates with Infection or Sepsis: A Prospective Study

Table 1

Causes of infection in infants studied.

	Biological samples positive for virulence factors
	Blood	Urine	CSF	Other
Bacterial infections (N = 19)
E. coli (n = 14)	7	10	1
Klebsiella sp. (n = 1)	1	1
Enterococcus faecalis (n = 1)		1
Staphylococcus aureous (n = 2)	2			Synovial fluid (1)
Streptococcus group B (n = 1)			1
Viral infections (N = 28)
Adenovirus (n  = 3)				Stools (2), sore throat (1)
Enterovirus (n  = 6)	2		4
Respiratory syncytial virus (n  = 3)				Nasopharyngeal secretions (3)
Rotavirus (n  = 1)				Stools (1)
Clinical diagnosis (n  = 15)

N: number of infants with bacterial or viral infections.