Research Article

Epidemiological Study of Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Conjunctivitis in a Level III Neonatal Unit

Table 2

Demographics of patients presenting hospital-acquired conjunctivitis.

VariableTotal of patients or mean value

Gender
 Female 22/624 (3,5%)
 Male39/868 (4,5%)
Gestational age (weeks)33,7 (range 26–40)
 <285/18 (27,8%)
 [28–32[14/85 (16,5%)
 [32–34[8/93 (8,6%)
 [34–37[19/364 (5,2%)
 ≥3715/932 (1,6%)
Birth weight (g)2030 (range 795–4780)
 <750
 [750–1000[5/14 (35,7%)
 [1000–1500[15/72 (20,8%)
 [1500–2500[26/464 (5,6%)
 [2500–4000[14/881 (1,6%)
 ≥40001/49 (2,0%)
Mode of delivery
 Cesarean section30/721 (4,2%)
 Vaginal delivery31/771 (4,0%)
Mechanical ventilation
 Invasive3/52 (5,8%)
 Noninvasive21/45 (46,7%)
 Both modalities7/151 (4,6%)
Previous phototherapy46/675 (6,8%)
Parenteral nutrition30/221 (13,6%)
Time to conjunctivitis (days)8,5 (range 1–28)
Length of stay (days)25,2 (range 3–88)