Cell counts (medians and ranges) for babies given erythromycin (E) and those not treated (NT)
| Pre-S | Post-S | 24–48 hours | 48–72 hours | 72–96 hours | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cells/ml×104 | E | NT | E | NT | E | NT | E | NT | E | NT | ||||
| Total cells | 16 (8–38.5) | 13 (8–43) | 48 (30–84) | 39 (15.5–62.5) | 61 (40–114.5) | 56.0 (30–102) | 70 (28–143) | 48 (30–86) | 92 (44.5–114) | 64 (20.8–88) | ||||
| Neutrophils | 2.0 (0–14.0) | 0.7 (0–8.1) | 25.7 (1.2–54.9) | 30.8 (2.7–51.6) | 33.2 (1.5–80.5) | 23.2 (10–66.0) | 52.4 (0–106) | 26.7 (0–59.8) | 37.6 (8.1–65.9) | 15.8 (2.8–45.5) | ||||
| Macrophages | 0.2 (0–1.7) | 0.02 (0–1.0) | 2.4 (0.5–5.9) | 2.7 (0–11.4) | 3.9 (0–8.6) | 4.1 (1.4–9.5) | 7.3 (0–24.3) | 1.8 (0–5.8) | 6.5 (0.7–26.8) | 6.4 (0.2–16.1) | ||||
| Epithelial cells | 4.4 (1.0–28.2) | 8.7 (3.6–23.5) | 1.1 (0–9.6) | 0.5 (0–7.2) | 0 (0–4.5) | 0.04 (0–4.0) | 0.4 (0–4.7) | 0.4 (0–3.6) | 0.2 (0–3.6) | 0.6 (0–10.8) | ||||
Pre-S=Pre surfactant.
Post-S=Post surfactant.