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Table 2 Organisms isolated from newborns with laboratory confirmed sepsis in Kidera County, Buyende District 2013

From: Risk factors and practices contributing to newborn sepsis in a rural district of Eastern Uganda, August 2013: a cross sectional study

 

Frequency

Percent

Staphylococcus aureus

12

31.6

Neisseria meningitidis

11

28.9

Escherichia coli

5

13.2

Streptococcus pyogenes

4

10.5

Haemophilus influenzae

2

5.3

Salmonella species

2

5.3

Klebsiella pneumoniae

1

2.6

Streptococcus pneumoniae

1

2.6

Total

38