text: The increased sepsis rate of homozygous @GENE$-174G carriers was especially related to an increase in Gram-positive @DISEASE$, and was not observed in VLBW infants who received prophylaxis with teicoplanin (frequency of Gram-positive sepsis in homozygous IL6-174G carriers without prophylaxis 16.5% versus 2.4% in homozygous IL6-174G carriers with prophylaxis; p = 0.033).