Table 5.

Complications and short-term morbidities of GBS EOS episodes based on type of prenatal antibiotic received for full term neonates with GBS positive mothers.

	First-line antibiotics (n = 51)	Second-line antibiotics (n = 42)	No antibiotics (n = 122)	p-value
Mortality	1 (2.0)	1 (2.4)	6 (4.9)	.70
Tracheostomy at discharge	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	-
Supplemental oxygen at discharge	3 (5.9)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	.02
Ventriculitis	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	-
Septic Arthritis	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	-
Cellulitis	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.8)	1
Hydrocephalus	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0)	-
Failed hearing	3 (5.9)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.6)	.16

Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise specified.

GBS, Group B Streptococcus; EOS, Early-Onset Sepsis.

Fisher’s exact test was used to compare for difference across groups by type of antibiotic received for each variable. p-values could not be calculated due to too few observations.