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. 1999 Jul;43(7):1591–1594. doi: 10.1128/aac.43.7.1591

TABLE 3.

No. of antibiotic exposures during the first year of infants’ lives and the number of β-lactamase-producing species at 12 months

No. of antibiotic exposures No. of infants with the following no. of β+ species at 12 moa
0 1 2 ≥3 Total
  0 2 5 6 0 13
  1 2 2 2 3 9
  2 0 3 3 2 8
≥3 1 2 5 6 14
Total 5 12 16 11 44
a

Mantel-Haenzel chi-square value = 5.18; P = 0.023; r = 0.347. β+, β-lactamase producing.