Table 4.
Characteristics of mothers and infants, and early neonatal morbidity and mortality, according to maternal intrapartum antibiotic receipt and, if receipt, type of antibiotics (non-ITT analysis, detailed analysis).
| Characteristic or Outcome | Category | Maternal Receipt of Intrapartum Antibiotics | P- value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes: Study Antibiotics (N=866) | Yes: Non-Study Antibiotics (N=167) | No Antibiotics (N=1380) | ||||||
| MOTHER | n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | ||
| HIV infection Status | Yes | 735/855 | 86 | 149/165 | 90.3 | 1169/1364 | 85.7 | |
| PROM > 4 hours | Yes | 167/825 | 20.2 | 50/158 | 31.6 | 222/1293 | 17.2 | <0.0001 |
| Clinical chorioaminionitis | Yes | 2/162 | 0.3 | 2/151 | 1.3 | 1/1171 | 0.2 | 0.04 |
| Histological chorioamnionitis | Yes | 260/725 | 35.9 | 53/136 | 40.4 | 386/1119 | 34.5 | 0.37 |
| INFANT | ||||||||
| Birth weight (g) | Mean | 2958 | 2734 | 2964 | <0.0001 | |||
| Ballard Score | Mean | 38.1 | 37.1 | 38.6 | <0.0001 | |||
| Mean Apgar Score | 1 minute | 8.2 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 0.002 | |||
| 5 minute | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 0.07 | ||||
| Infant illness at birth | Yes | 82/864 | 9.5 | 33/167 | 19.8 | 118/1375 | 8.6 | <0.0001 |
| INFANT OUTCOMES | ||||||||
| Admission to SCBU | Yes | 80/773 | 10.3 | 37/152 | 24.3 | 116/1181 | 9.8 | <0.0001 |
| Early neonatal infection | Yes | 90/866 | 10.4 | 14/167 | 8.4 | 137/1375 | 9.9 | 0.73 |
| Early neonatal death | Yes | 23/866 | 2.7 | 14/167 | 8.4 | 47/1380 | 3.4 | 0.001 |
| Vital status at discharge from SCBU | Dead | 20/80 | 25 | 10/36 | 27.8 | 25/115 | 21.7 | 0.71 |
| Alive & unwell | 6/80 | 7.5 | 3/36 | 8.3 | 5/115 | 4.3 | ||
| Alive & well | 54/80 | 67.5 | 23/36 | 63.9 | 85/115 | 73.9 | ||
| Deaths due to infectious causes | Yes | 6/23 | 26.1 | 2/14 | 14.3 | 5/47 | 10.6 | 0.27 |
| Neonatal infection with respect to HIV statusa | Unknown | 2/4 | 4.9 | 1/3 | 7.7 | 0/93 | 0 | 0.06 |
| Negative | 80/656 | 12.2 | 10/124 | 8.1 | 107/987 | 10.8 | 0.37 | |
| Positive | 4/47 | 8.5 | 2/14 | 14.3 | 13/103 | 12.6 | 0.73 | |
| Neonatal death with respect to HIV statusa | Unknown | 11/41 | 26.8 | 8/13 | 61.5 | 30/93 | 32.3 | 0.06 |
| Negative | 10/656 | 1.5 | 4/124 | 3.2 | 9/987 | 0.9 | 0.08 | |
| Positive | 0/47 | 0 | 0/14 | 0 | 4/103 | 3.9 | 0.30 | |
Neonatal infections and neonatal deaths by infant’s birth HIV status among HIV exposed infants only