Table 3.

Maternal and neonatal bacterial culture results

	Maternal vaginal swab 24 h after delivery			Neonatal oral swab
	Water immersion (n = 33)	Conventional labor (n = 47)	p-value	Water immersion (n = 33)	Conventional labor (n = 47)	p-value
Total positive	5	7	1.000	1	2	1.000
Gram-positive bacilli	2 (6.1)	3 (6.4)		0 (0)	2 (4.3)
Streptococcus agalactiae	1 (3.0)	0 (0)		0 (0)	0 (0)
Escherichia coli/Enterococcus faecalis	1 (3.0)	0 (0)		1 (3.0)	0 (0)
Fungi	1 (3.0)	2 (4.3)		0 (0)	0 (0)
Staphylococcus lugdunensis	0 (0)	1 (2.1)		0 (0)	0 (0)
Group B Streptococcus	0 (0)	1 (2.1)		0 (0)	0 (0)

Data were summarized as number (percentage).