Antibiotic therapy in preterm premature rupture of membranes

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 864-869

  Locksmith, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MEZLOCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATENT PERIOD; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032462227     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199812000-00010     Document Type: Review

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