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Table 4 Outcome for culture samples obtained

From: In search of a primary outcome for community-based newborn infection trials in Eastern Uganda: a nested cohort study within the BabyGel pilot trial

 

Organisms

N (%)

Total samples taken

 

16

 Blood samples

 

10 (62.5)

 Pus swab

 

2 (12.5)

 Stool sample

 

4 (25.0)

 Cerebrospinal fluid

 

0

Total positive samples

 

5 (31.3)

 Positive blood cultures

Staphylococcus spp. (3)

3 (18.8)

 Positive pus swabs

Staphylococcus aureus (1)

1 (6.3)

 Positive stool samples

Escherichia coli (1)

1 (6.3)

 Cerebrospinal fluid

 

0