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Volume 24, Number 4—April 2018
Research

Bacterial Infections in Neonates, Madagascar, 2012–2014

Bich-Tram HuynhComments to Author , Elsa Kermorvant-Duchemin, Perlinot Herindrainy, Michael Padget, Feno Manitra Jacob Rakotoarimanana, Herisoa Feno, Elisoa Hariniaina-Ratsima, Tanjona Raheliarivao, Awa Ndir, Sophie Goyet, Patrice Piola, Frederique Randrianirina, Benoit Garin, Jean-Marc Collard, Didier Guillemot, and Elisabeth Delarocque-Astagneau1
Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (B.-T. Huynh, M. Padget, D. Guillemot, E. Delarocque-Astagneau); Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades and Université Paris Descartes, Paris (E. Kermorvant-Duchemin); Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar (P. Herindrainy, F.M.J. Rakotoarimanana, H. Feno, E. Hariniaina-Ratsima, T. Raheliarivao, P. Piola, F. Randrianirina, B. Garin, J.-M. Collard); Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (A. Ndir); Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (S. Goyet)

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Table 2

Pathogens isolated and characteristics of neonates with culture-confirmed severe infections, Antananarivo and Moramanga, Madagascar, 2012–2014*

Pathogen
 No. isolates
 Neonate age at infection, d
 Sample type, no.
 Place of birth
Premature
Site
0–3
 4–6
 7–13
 14–30
 Home
 HCF
 No
 Yes
 Urban
 Rural
Gram-positive
Staphylococcus aureus 1 1 Blood, 1 1 1 1
S. epidermidis 1 1 Blood, 1 1 1 1
Streptococcus pneumoniae
 1
1
 Blood, 1
 1
1
1
Gram-negative
Klebsisella pneumoniae 4 1 3 Blood, 2;
urine, 2 1 3 4 1 3
K. oxytoca 2 1 1 Blood, 1; urine, 1 2 2 2
Escherichia coli 2 2 Blood, 2 1 1 1 1 2
Enterobacter cloacae 1 1 Blood, 1 1 1 1 1
Acinetobacter baumanii 1 1 Umbilical, 1 1 1 1
Pasteurella spp.
 1
1
 Spinal tap, 1
1
1
1
Gram-negative staining† 2 2 Spinal tap, 2 2 2 2 2

*HCF, healthcare facility.
†Pathogens identified by staining as gram-negative but could not be cultured and, therefore, were not further identified.

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1On behalf of the BIRDY project group. Members of the group are listed at the end of this article.

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