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Table 7 Commonly reported bacterial pathogens among neonates, stratified by region and time period

From: Non-malarial febrile illness: a systematic review of published aetiological studies and case reports from Africa, 1980–2015

 

1980 to ≤ 1990

1991 to ≤ 2000

2001 to ≤ 2010

2011 to ≤ 2015

Region

 Eastern

Borrelia caucasica (n = 1)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 3)

Streptococcus agalactiae (n = 6)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 6)

Escherichia coli (n = 3)

Escherichia coli (n = 6)

Escherichia coli (n = 6)

Streptococcus agalactiae (n = 2)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 5)

Staphylococcus, coagulase negative (n = 5)

Klebsiella spp. (n = 2)

Non-typhoidal Salmonella (n = 5)

Klebsiella spp. (n = 5)

Enterobacter spp. (n = 2)

Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 4)

Streptococcus spp. (n = 4)

 Western

Citrobacter spp. (n = 3)

Streptococcus spp. (n = 2)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 7)

Escherichia coli (n = 7)

Streptococcus spp. (n = 2)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 2)

Escherichia coli (n = 5)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 5)

Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 2)

Proteus spp. (n = 2)

Streptococcus spp. (n = 4)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 5)

Streptococcus agalactiae (n = 2)

Klebsiella spp. (n = 2)

Staphylococcus spp. (n = 4)

Non-typhoidal Salmonella (n = 5)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 2)

Escherichia coli (n = 2)

Pseudomonas spp. (n = 4)

Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 5)

 Northern

Non-typhoidal Salmonella (n = 2)

Staphylococcus, coagulase negative (n = 2)

Escherichia coli (n = 12)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 1)

Serratia liquefaciens (n = 2)

Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 7)

Serratia spp. (n = 1)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 1)

Staphylococcus, coagulase negative (n = 6)

Pseudomonas spp. (n = 1)

Serratia marcescens (n = 1)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 6)

Klebsiella spp. (n = 1)

Pseudomonas spp. (n = 1)

Klebsiella spp. (n = 6)

 Southern

Vibrio cholerae (n = 1)

Typhoidal Salmonella (n = 1)

Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 1)

Escherichia coli (n = 4)

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (n = 1)

Klebsiella spp. (n = 1)

Pasteurella multocida (n = 1)

Streptococcus agalactiae (n = 3)

Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 1)

Staphylococcus aureus (n = 3)

Enterobacter cloacae (n = 1)

Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 3)

Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 2)

 Middle

Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 1)

Streptococcus agalactiae (n = 1)

Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 1)

  1. No distinction has been made between case series, fever series, and seroprevalence studies. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of publications reporting the given microorganism