Fig 1.
Number of cases of neonatal bacteraemia per year, early onset neonatal sepsis (EONS, < 72 hours of age), late onset neonatal sepsis (LONS, > 72 hours of age) and “not significant” (positive blood cultures yielding growth not considered significant, i.e., contaminants).
Fig 2.
Source of infection: Patients > 72 hours of age (LONS).
Fig 3.
Intravascular catheter-associated infections per year Central venous catheter (CVC), peripheral venous cannula (PVC) and peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC).
Table 1.
Causative organisms (clinically significant) of bacteraemia cases, early (EONS) and late (LONS) onset neonatal sepsis.
Table 2.
Risk factors for acquiring early (EONS) and late (LONS) onset neonatal bacteraemia.
Table 3.
Clinical features of early (EONS) and late (LONS) onset neonatal bacteraemia patients.