When first line treatment of neonatal infection is not enough: blood culture and resistance patterns in neonates requiring second line antibiotic therapy in Bangui, Central African Republic

Table 4 Poisson regression analysis of case fatality ratio adjusting for blood culture result, presence of asphyxia, birth weight and sex, in neonates with suspected ABR infection admitted to Castor’s neonatal unit (Bangui, CAR) from December 2018 to March 2020

Death	Adjusted Relative Risk	Standard Error (Robust)	95% Confidence interval
Birthweight
Extremely low birth weight (< 1000 g)	2.31	2.96	0.19	28.31
Very low birth weight (1000–1499 g)	2.74	1.05	1.30	5.79
Low birth weight (1500–2499 g)	2.21	0.90	1.00	4.91
Sex
Male	2.07	0.76	1.01	4.26
Diagnosis
Asphyxia	2.42	1.01	1.07	5.47
Blood culture
Positive result	2.32	0.81	1.17	4.60
Constant	0.057	0.024	0.024	0.132

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