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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Clinical data such as birth weight (ampicillin, 3, 365 + / - 390 g ; chlorhexidine, 3, 440 + / - 452 g), Apgar scores at 1 min (ampicillin, 8. 4 + / - 0. 9 ; chlorhexidine, 8. 2 + / - 1. 4) and at 5 min (ampicillin, 9. 7 + / - 0. 6 ; chlorhexidine, 9. 6 + / - 1. 1) were similar for the two groups, as was the rate of neonatal group B streptococcus colonization (chlorhexidine, 15. 6 % ; ampicillin, 12 %).