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Table 4 Factors associated with increased neonatal deaths among neonates with neonatal sepsis

From: Predictors of positive blood culture and deaths among neonates with suspected neonatal sepsis in a tertiary hospital, Mwanza- Tanzania

Parameter

N

Death (%)

P value

Culture

   

   Positive

149

28.5

 

   Negative

151

8.6

0.0001

Gram reaction

   

   Positive

58

19

 

   Negative

91

36.3

0.0001

ESBL

   

   Positive

36

52

 

   Negative

55

25

0.008

MRSA

   

   Positive

9

55

 

   Negative

23

21

0.008