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Table 2 Leading pathogens in early-onset sepsis versus late-onset sepsis

From: Neonatal sepsis in a tertiary unit in South Africa

 

Early-onset sepsis (<  3 days)

Late-onset sepsis (≥ 3 days)

Rank

Organism

Percent

Organism

Percent

1

CoNS

56.7

CoNS

52.8

2

A. baumannii

7.8

K. pneumoniae

12.4

3

K. pneumoniae

6.7

A. baumannii

7.8

4

E. faecalis

6.7

E. faecium

6.6

5

Staphylococcus aureus

6.7

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