Table 2 Clinical Characteristics of Early Onset Sepsis (EOS) (<7 days) vs. Community-acquired Late Onset Sepsis (CA-LOS) (7–90 days) in Southern Israel, 2007-2013

Meningitis (n, %)

10/69 (14.5 %)

23/112 (20.5 %)

0.306

Uro-sepsis (n, %)

7/69 (10.1 %)

35/112 (31.2 %)

0.001

Temperature ≥ 38 °C

16/63 (25.4 %)

87/110 (79.1 %)

<0.001

Temperature < 36 °C

3/63 (4.8 %)

13/110 (11.8 %)

0.123

WBC > 20,000 cells/μl

14/69 (20.3 %)

36/112 (32.1 %)

0.083

WBC < 5,000 cells/μl

20/69 (29.0 %)

13/112 (11.6 %)

0.005

PMN < 1,000 cells/μl (n, %)

10/69 (14.5 %)

6/111 (5.4 %)

0.037

PLT >450,000 cells/μl (n, %)

1/69 (1.4 %)

50/112 (44.6 %)

<0.001

PLT < 150,000 cells/μl (n, %)

31/69 (44.9 %)

16/112 (14.3 %)

<0.001