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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2009 Jul;124(1):e137–e144. doi: 10.1542/peds.2008-1873

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
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Neonatal infections and neonatal deaths by infant’s birth HIV status among HIV exposed infants only