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Table 5 Comparison between both seasons regarding bacterial isolates from the blood culture

From: Assessment of seasonal variation on neonatal sepsis

Organism

Summer ( N = 50)%

Winter ( N = 50)%

p value

Klebsiella

10 (20%)

8 (16%)

0.7

Pseudomonas

7 (14%)

20 (40%)

0.001

E. coli

2 (4%)

8 (16%)

0.04

Staph aureus

10 (20%)

8 (16%)

0.7

Listeria

3 (6%)

1 (2%)

0.5

Enterobacter

11 (22%)

1 (2%)

0.007

Acinetobacter

7 (14%)

4 (8%)

0.5