Table 1.
Blood culture confirmed infections in VLBW infants with intestinal failure (IF) and/or NEC
| IF | Surgical NEC without IF | Medical NEC | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| At the time of diagnosis a | |||
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| Number of infants | 78 | 452 | 402 |
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| Number of infections, n (%) | |||
| 0 | 43 ( 55) | 301 (67)* | 322 (80)*** |
| ≥ 1 | 35 (45) | 151 (33) | 80 (20) |
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| After diagnosis b | |||
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| Number of infants c | 78 | 292 | 358 |
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| Number of infections, n (%) | |||
| 0 | 31 ( 40) | 170 (58)** | 285 (80)*** |
| 1 | 33 ( 42) | 81 (28) | 55 (15) |
| ≥ 2 | 14 (18) | 41 (14) | 18 (5) |
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| Any infection 8–30 days after diagnosis | 14 ( 18) | 66 ( 23) | 53 ( 15) |
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| Number of infants in the hospital > 30 days d | 75 | 250 | 302 |
| Any infection >30 days after diagnosis | 39 ( 52) | 81 ( 32)** | 29 ( 10)*** |
a
“At the time of diagnosis” is defined as ± 7 days around the diagnosis date
b
“After the diagnosis” is defined as >7 days after the diagnosis
c
204 infants reached final status within 7 days of diagnosis and were not included in the “after” period (surgical NEC: 160 died; medical NEC: 43 died, 1 was discharged to home).
d
101 infants reached final status within 30 days of diagnosis (IF: 2 infants died, 1 was discharged to home; surgical NEC: 36 infants died, 5 were discharged to home, 1 was transferred to another hospital; medical NEC: 14 died, 42 were discharged to home).
*
p ≤ 0.05,
**
p ≤ 0.01,
***
p ≤ 0.001 versus IF by the chi-square test