A review of randomized clinical trials of antibiotic therapy in preterm premature rupture of the membranes

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 173-181

  Maymon, E ^a   Chaim, W ^a   Sheiner, E ^a   Mazor, M ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; Infant morbidity; Maternal morbidity; Preterm premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALEXIN; CEFTIZOXIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; STEROID; SULBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIONITIS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; META ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINITIS; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031709967     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004040050218     Document Type: Review

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