Table 4 Effect of the CD14 -260 CT Polymorphism on Nosocomial Blood Stream Infections in African- American and Caucasian Infants
From: IL-10, IL-6 and CD14 polymorphisms and sepsis outcome in ventilated very low birth weight infants
| Â | African American | Caucasian | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Organism | CC (n = 109) | CT (n = 101) | TT (n = 23) | P value | CC (n = 23) | CT (n = 24) | TT (n = 10) | P value |
CONS | 34 (31) | 39 (39) | 13 (57) | 0.065 | 12 (52) | 24 (46) | 2 (20) | 0.224 |
Non CONS | 26 (24) | 21 (21) | 9 (39) | 0.178 | 6 (26) | 4 (17) | 4 (40) | 0.346 |
Fungal | 14 (13) | 11 (11) | 4 (17) | 0.685 | 2 (9) | 1 (4) | 1 (10) | 0.765 |
Gram negative bacilli | 13 (12) | 2 (2) | 2 (9) | 0.021 | 3 (13) | 2 (8) | 3 (30) | 0.250 |
Enterococcus sp. | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | 2 (9) | 0.229 | 0 | 2 (8) | 0 | 0.241 |
Other | 5 (5) | 8 (8) | 4 (17) | 0.095 | 1 (4) | 2 (8) | 0 | 0.592 |