Table 2: Shows comparison between Pseudomonas Aeruginosa blood stream infection between current data and other similar studies.
| Clinical Characteristics | Present study | Erol et al. 2014 | Kadambari et al. 2014 | Leigh et al. 1999 |
| Location | Australia | Turkey | United Kingdom | United States |
| Study period (years) | 2002-2013 (11 years) | 2006-2010 (5 years) | 2005-2011 (7 years) | 1989-1993 (5 years) |
| Type of study | Retrospective | Retrospective | Retrospective | Retrospective case control |
| Study population | Neonates admitted in NICU | -Same- | -Same- | -Same- |
| Total number with Blood stream infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 6 | 9 | 39 | 22 |
| Mean gestation | 25.5 | 31 | 26 | 27.4 ± 0.4 |
| Mean weight (grams) | 815.16 | 1515 | 840 | 911± 48 |
| Sex ratio (M:F) | 4:2 | 6:3 | 1:3 | 15:7 |
| Mean time of onset of infection (days) | 9.6 (4-24) | 7 (5-41) | 14 (1-262) | 44 ± 10 (6-192) |
| Clinical features | Episodes of Brady and desaturation, Feed intolerance. | Hyperglycemia a week before positive culture, increasing oxygen requirements, Temperature instability, bradycardia | Feeding intolerance, worsening respiratory distress, Increase apnea and bradycardia, temperature instability. | |
| Mortality | 3/6 (50%) | 3/9 (33.3%) | 15/39 (38.5%) | 11/22 (50%) |
| Complications | Shock, DIC | Not stated | NEC |
DIC: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy, NEC: Necrotizing Enterocolitis