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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of enrolled infants

From: Simplified antibiotic regimens for treating neonates and young infants with severe infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a comparative efficacy trial

Regimena

 

A

B

C

D

Number of infants enrolled

148

139

148

139

Age at enrollment (days)

Mean (SD)

17 (15)

17 (15)

17 (16)

20 (17)

<  7 days

54 (36.5%)

46 (33.1%)

55 (37.2%)

43 (30.9%)

≥ 7 days

94 (63.5%)

93 (66.9%)

93 (62.8%)

96 (69.1%)

Sex

Male

75 (50.7%)

76 (54.7%)

70 (47.3%)

81 (58.3%)

Respiratory rate

Mean (SD)

69 (19)

69 (19)

70 (20)

67 (19)

<  60

54 (36.5%)

47 (33.8%)

52 (35.1%)

57 (41.0%)

60–70

27 (18.2%)

21 (15.1%)

26 (17.6%)

16 (11.5%)

70–79

22 (14.9%)

33 (23.7%)

26 (17.6%)

32 (23.7%)

80–89

24 (16.2%)

20 (14.4%)

25 (16.9%)

19 (13.7%)

90–99

8 (5.4%)

9 (6.5%)

9 (6.1%)

8 (5.8%)

≥ 100

13 (8.8%)

9 (6.5%)

10 (6.8%)

7 (5.0%)

Temperature

<  35.5

6 (4.1%)

8 (5.8%)

12 (8.1%)

12 (8.6%)

35.5–37.9

39 (26.4%)

47 (33.8%)

44 (29.7%)

33 (23.7%)

≥38.0–38.9

96 (64.9%)

70 (50.4%)

80 (54.1%)

76 (54.7%)

≥39.0

7 (4.7%)

14 (10.1%)

12 (8.1%)

18 (12.9%)

Poor feeding

 

23 (15.5%)

22 (15.8%)

26 (17.6%)

25 (18.0%)

Movement only on stimulation

 

3 (2.0%)

5 (3.6%)

3 (2.0%)

1 (0.7%)

Severe chest indrawing

 

33 (22.3%)

40 (28.8%)

32 (21.6%)

31 (22.3%)

Number of signs at enrollment

1

129 (87.2%)

120 (86.3%)

128 (86.5%)

120 (86.3%)

2

18 (12.2%)

18 (12.9%)

17 (11.5%)

16 (11.5%)

≥ 3

1 (0.7%)

1 (0.7%)

1 (0.7%)

3 (2.2%)

  1. aRegimen A: IM Gentamicin and IM Penicillin × 7 days; Regimen B: IM Gentamicin and oral amoxicillin × 7 days; Regimen C: IM Gentamicin × 7 days and IM Penicillin × 2 days then oral amoxicillin × 5 days; Regimen D: IM Gentamicin × 2 days and oral amoxicillin × 7 days