American Academy of Pediatrics

TABLE 2

Positive Blood Culture Results (n = 56)

Organism Category	n (%)
Pathogenic Species	41 (73.2)
Group B Streptococcus^a	16 (39.0)
Other Streptococci^a	4 (9.8)
Escherichia coli^a	16 (39.0)
Haemophilus influenzae^a	1 (2.4)
Citrobacter koseri^a	1 (2.4)
Klebsiella pneumonia^a	1 (2.4)
Morganella morganii^a	1 (2.4)
Candida albicans^a	1 (2.4)
Contaminant species^a	15 (26.8)

Organism Category	n (%)
Pathogenic Species	41 (73.2)
Group B Streptococcus^a	16 (39.0)
Other Streptococci^a	4 (9.8)
Escherichia coli^a	16 (39.0)
Haemophilus influenzae^a	1 (2.4)
Citrobacter koseri^a	1 (2.4)
Klebsiella pneumonia^a	1 (2.4)
Morganella morganii^a	1 (2.4)
Candida albicans^a	1 (2.4)
Contaminant species^a	15 (26.8)

Only blood culture data are shown. One infant had a positive cerebrospinal fluid culture during the study period, with the same organism identified in the blood (group B Streptococcus).

Denominator includes only pathogenic species (n = 41).

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