Table 2 Pathogen Distributions in EOS, CALOS and HALOS at 25 NICUs, January 2017–December 2019
Pathogens | EOS (n = 349 in 349 infants) n (%) | HALOS* (n = 702 in 698 infants) n (%) | CALOS (n = 41 in 41infants) n (%) | Total (n = 1092 in 1088 infants) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gram-positive bacteria | 149 (42.7) | 175 (25.0) | 36 (87.8) | 360 (33.0) |
CoNS | 28 (8.0) | 81 (11.5) | 0 | 109 (10.0) |
GBS | 51 (14.6) | 15 (2.1) | 19 (46.3) | 85 (7.8) |
Staphylococcus aureus | 19 (5.4) | 35 (5.0) | 17 (41.5) | 71 (6.6) |
Enterococcus spp. | 11 (3.2) | 18 (2.6) | 0 | 29 (2.7) |
Listeria monocytogenes | 22 (6.3) | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 23 (2.1) |
Other Gram-positive bacteria | 18 (5.2) | 25(3.6) | 0 | 43 (4.0) |
Gram-negative bacteria | 198 (56.7) | 437 (62.2) | 5 (12.2) | 640 (58.6) |
Escherichia coli | 95 (27.2) | 110(15.7) | 4 (9.8) | 209 (19.1) |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 31 (8.9) | 196 (27.9) | 0 | 227 (20.8) |
Enterobacter spp. | 19 (5.4) | 50 (7.1) | 1 (2.4) | 70 (6.5) |
Serratia marcescens | 19 (5.4) | 19 (2.7) | 0 | 38 (3.5) |
Acinetobacter baumannii | 9 (2.6) | 28 (4.0) | 0 | 37 (3.4) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 5 (1.4) | 16 (2.3) | 0 | 21 (2.0) |
Other Gram-negative bacteria | 20 (5.8) | 18 (2.6) | 0 | 38 (3.5) |
Fungi | 2 (0.6) | 90 (12.8) | 0 | 92 (8.4) |
Candida albicans | 2 (0.6) | 37 (5.3) | 0 | 39 (3.6) |
Candida parapsilosis | 0 | 18 (2.6) | 0 | 18 (1.6) |
Candida glabrata | 0 | 10 (1.4) | 0 | 10 (0.9) |
Candida guilliemondii | 0 | 8 (1.1) | 0 | 8 (0.7) |
Candida tropicalis | 0 | 3 (0.4) | 0 | 3 (0.3) |
Other fungi | 0 | 14 (2.0) | 0 | 14 (1.3) |