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Table 1 Clinical Characteristics of Subjects (All Patients) N = 17

From: Failure of erythromycin to eliminate airway colonization with ureaplasma urealyticumin very low birth weight infants

Gestation (weeks)

25 (23–29)

Birth Weight (grams)

777 (620–1160)

Histological Chorioamnionitis*

6/11 (55)

Prenatal Steroids

11/17 (65)

RDS

16/17 (94)

Surfactant Therapy

16/17 (94)

Postnatal Steroids

15/17 (88)

Duration Oxygen Therapy (days)

64 ± 4

Duration Mechanical Ventilation (days)

31 ± 4

Oxygen at 28 days

13/17 (77)

Oxygen at 36 weeks PCA

4/17 (24)

IVH

4/17 (24)

  1. Data are presented as Median (range). Numbers in parenthesis are percentages RDS Respiratory Distress Syndrome IVH Intraventricular hemorrhage PCA Postconceptional age *Not all patients had pathological examination of the placenta
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BMC Pediatrics

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