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The role of antibiotics in the prevention of preterm birth
There are multiple uses for antibiotics during pregnancy: treatment of intercurrent bacterial infections such as urinary or respiratory tract infections, maternal treatment to prevent fetal or neonatal disease, prophylactic treatment for surgical procedures, and treatment of puerperal infections. Th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920706/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20948759 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M1-22 |
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description | There are multiple uses for antibiotics during pregnancy: treatment of intercurrent bacterial infections such as urinary or respiratory tract infections, maternal treatment to prevent fetal or neonatal disease, prophylactic treatment for surgical procedures, and treatment of puerperal infections. This report will summarize the current recommendations for the use of antibiotics specifically to reduce the risk of preterm birth. |
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spelling | pubmed-29207062010-10-14 The role of antibiotics in the prevention of preterm birth Bowes, Watson A F1000 Med Rep Review Article There are multiple uses for antibiotics during pregnancy: treatment of intercurrent bacterial infections such as urinary or respiratory tract infections, maternal treatment to prevent fetal or neonatal disease, prophylactic treatment for surgical procedures, and treatment of puerperal infections. This report will summarize the current recommendations for the use of antibiotics specifically to reduce the risk of preterm birth. Medicine Reports Ltd 2009-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC2920706/ /pubmed/20948759 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M1-22 Text en © 2009 Medicine Reports Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use this work for commercial purposes |
spellingShingle | Review Article Bowes, Watson A The role of antibiotics in the prevention of preterm birth |
title | The role of antibiotics in the prevention of preterm birth |
title_full | The role of antibiotics in the prevention of preterm birth |
title_fullStr | The role of antibiotics in the prevention of preterm birth |
title_full_unstemmed | The role of antibiotics in the prevention of preterm birth |
title_short | The role of antibiotics in the prevention of preterm birth |
title_sort | role of antibiotics in the prevention of preterm birth |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920706/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20948759 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M1-22 |
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