Cause of neonatal meningitis according to whether babies were admitted to special baby care units from hospital or from home
| Home admissions (n=127) | Hospital admissions (n=121) | Unknown route (n=26) | |
| Group B streptococcus | 35 (3) | 29 (4) | 5 (1) |
| Escherichia coli | 11 | 12 (2) | 3 (2) |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 5 | 2 (1) | 0 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 7 (1) | 1 | 0 |
| Neisseria meningitidis | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salmonella virchow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| α-haemolytic streptococcus | 1 | 1 (Str mitis) | 0 |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Streptococcus faecalis | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Misc. Gram negative rods | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Gram positive cocci3-150 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Gram negative cocci3-150 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Viruses | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| Candida sp | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| No organism isolated | 43 (2) | 51 (2) | 14 |
Values in parentheses are numbers of deaths.
↵3-150 In Gram film of CSF.