Use of ranitidine is associated with infections in newborns hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit: a cohort study

Table 3 Nosocomial infection prevalence in premature neonates admitted to a Brazilian NICU in 2014–2015

Variable, description	Not exposed to Ranitidine	Exposed to Ranitidine	p-value
Variable, description	n = 185	n = 115	p-value
Overall infection, n (%)	49 (26.5)	48 (41.7)	0.006^a
Sepsis confirmed, n (%)	7 (3.8)	15 (13.0)	0.003^a
Pneumonia, n (%)	10 (5.4)	16 (14.0)	0.01^a
Urinary tract infection, n (%)	0 (0.0)	3 (2.6)	0.03^b
Fungal infection, n (%)	6 (3.2)	3 (2.6)	0.74^b

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