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Table 2 Gram-positive Bacterial identification over the past 15 years in patients with neonatal conjunctivitis

From: A chronological study of the bacterial pathogen changes in acute neonatal bacterial conjunctivitis in southern China

Year

Gram-positive

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Staphylococcus aureus

α-hemolytic streptococcus

β-hemolytic streptococcus

Xerophthalmia bacilli

Subtotal (n)

2002

2

1

7

3

4

2

19

2003

2

2

8

4

2

0

18

2004

2

4

9

3

1

1

20

2005

6

7

7

1

1

0

22

2006

6

8

4

1

1

1

21

2007

5

9

3

3

0

1

21

2008

8

7

2

1

1

1

20

2009

8

8

1

2

1

0

20

2010

5

9

1

0

1

1

17

2011

8

2

1

1

1

1

14

2012

5

9

3

3

0

1

21

2013

8

7

2

2

1

1

21

2014

8

9

2

2

1

1

23

2015

8

7

2

1

1

1

20

2016

8

8

1

2

1

1

21

Total

89

97

53

29

17

13

298