Meconium-stained amniotic fluid-associated infectious morbidity: A randomized, double-blind trial of ampicillin-sulbactam prophylaxis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-220

  Adair, C David ^a,b   Ernest, Joseph M ^a,b   Sanchez Ramos, Luis ^a,b   Burrus, David R ^a,b   Boles, Mark L ^a,b   Veille, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; SULBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AMNIONITIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030222024     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00148-2     Document Type: Article

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