Research Article

Economic and Diagnostic Biomarker Tests of Neonatal Sepsis: A Prospective Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital in a Low-Income Country

Table 2

Distribution of isolated organism.

Etiologies of probable sepsisEarly-onsetLate-onsetTotal (%)

No growth5783140(81.9)
Gram negative bacteria
Escherichia coli325(2.9)
Klebsiella pneumonia033(1.8)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa066(3.5)
Acinetobacter baumanii-complex011(0.6)
Citrobacter freundii112(1.2)
Burkholderia cepacia011(0.6)
Gram positive bacteria
Coagulase negative staphylococcus246(3.5)
Staphylococcus aureus224(2.3)
Enterococcus fecalis123(1.8)
Total (%)66(38.6%)105(61.4%)171(100)