Table I.

Clinical Characteristics of infants

Characteristic	DGGE Group (n=23) frequency or mean (SD)
Male/Female	15/8
Gestational Age (weeks)	29.9 (2.5)
Birth Weight (grams)	1394 (420)
Total Number of Stools	5.2 (3.3)
Delivery: C-section/Vaginal	13/10
Feeding: Breast Milk/Formula‡	15/8
Infant: Antibiotics Y/N†	19/4
Mother: Antibiotics Y/N*	7/16
Prolonged Rupture of Membranes	Y/N 6/17

^‡intent to breast milk feed and actual breast milk feed group vs Formula

^†infants antibiotic therapy immediate after birth

^*Mother’s intrapartum antibiotic therapy