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Table 2 Disease spectrum and complications in the E. coli-EOD and E. coli-LOD groups

From: Epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive Escherichia coli infection in neonates from 2012 to 2019 in Xiamen, China

Disease

E. coli-EOD

(n = 46)

E. coli-LOD

(n = 48)

χ2 values

P

Pneumonia, n (%)

34 (73.91)

18 (37.50)

12.600

0.000

Sepsis, n (%)

19 (41.30)

29 (60.42)

5.112

0.021

Purulent meningitis, n (%)

6 (13.04)

7 (14.58)

0.050

0.831

Urinary tract infection, n (%)

0 (0.00)

5 (10.42)

0.060a

Skin abscess, n (%)

0 (0.00)

4 (8.33)

0.121a

ARDS,n (%)

15 (32.61)

2 (4.17)

12.831

0.000

Pulmonary hemorrhage, n (%)

10 (21.74)

1 (2.08)

8.782

0.003

Septic shock, n (%)

11 (23.91)

2 (4.17)

7.690

0.006

PPHN, n (%)

5 (10.87)

0 (0)

0.030a

NEC, n (%)

1 (2.17)

3 (6.25)

0.219

0.640a

  1. ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, PPHN persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, NEC necrotizing enterocolitis
  2. aFisher’s exact test