Bulletin of the National Research Centre

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

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