Use of antibiotics to prevent preterm birth

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 375-380

  Gibbs, R S ^a   Eschenbach, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Preterm birth; Preterm premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0030883698     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)70201-1     Document Type: Article

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