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Table 2 Detection of potential pathogens in infants with or without early antibiotic exposure

From: Impact of early antibiotic exposure on the risk of colonization with potential pathogens in very preterm infants: a retrospective cohort analysis

 

GA < 32 weeks

(n = 1407, 100%)

GA < 28 weeks

(n = 480, 34.1%)*

No ABX (n = 496, 35.3%)

ABX (n = 911, 64.7%)

p value

No ABX (n = 52, 3.7%)

ABX (n = 428, 30.4%)

p value

At least 1 class I pathogen (%)

74 (14.9)

141 (15.5)

0.78

8 (15.4)

78 (18.2)

0.61

At least 1 class III pathogen (%)

168 (33.9)

280 (30.7)

0.23

17 (32.7)

132 (30.8)

0.79

  1. GA gestational age; ABX antibiotics, *subgroup analysis
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

ISSN: 2047-2994

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