Table 4

Comparison of selected data between singleton infants and their mothers with and without U urealyticum colonisation

Isolated Not isolated p Value
N = mothers/infants 30 (30.3%) 69
Antenatal steroids4-150  28 (80%) 55 (80%)
Antibiotics4-151  24 (80%) 31 (45%)0.002
Spontaneous labour 25 (83%) 44 (64%)
Cesarean delivery 10 (33%) 30 (44%)
PROM4-152 <24 hours 18 (60%) 49 (71%)
PROM 1–7 days  8 (27%) 10 (15%)
PROM >7 days  4 (13%) 10 (15%)
Mean birthweight, g (range)850 (161) (620–1245)825 (181) (490–1275)
Mean gestation; weeks (range) 25.7 (1.3) (24–27) 25.8 (1.2) (24–27)
HMD 14 (47%) 56 (81%)0.001
Surfactant 12 (40%) 53 (77%)0.001
Neonatal sepsis4-164  13 (43%) 22 (32%)
Deaths  2 (7%) 16 (23%)0.09
CLD (a) 25/28 (89%) 46/53 (87%)
CLD (b) 18/28 (64%) 25/53 (47%)
CLD (c) 12/28 (43%) 10/53 (19%)0.03
CLD (c) and deaths 14/30 (47%) 26/69 (38%)
  • 4-150 Steroids given to mother before delivery for fetal lung maturation.

  • 4-151 Antibiotics given to mother before (within 1 week of) delivery.

  • 4-152 PROM; premature rupture of membranes.

  • 4-164 Neonatal sepsis as defined by a positive blood culture.