Skip to main content

Table 2 Predisposing factors and comorbidity among blood culture positive neonates (n = 229)

From: Bacterial isolates of early-onset neonatal sepsis and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern between 1998 and 2004: an audit from a center in India

 

Number

%

1. Obstetric risk factors

  

   PROM

11

4.8

   Chorioamnionitis

8

3.5

   MSAF

13

5.7

2. Neonatal factors

  

   Prematurity alone

47

20.5

   Perinatal asphyxia

10

4.4

   RDS

14

6.1

   Respiratory distress

19

8.3

   MAS

38

16.6

   Meningitis

8

3.5

   Hypoglycemia

6

2.6

   Congenital malformations

13

5.7

  1. PROM, prolonged rupture of membranes; MSAF, meconium stained amniotic fluid; RDS, respiratory distress syndrome; MAS, meconium aspiration syndrome.
Back to article page

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

ISSN: 1824-7288

Contact us