Are we using too many antibiotics during pregnancy?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1450-1452

  Ledger, W J ^a   Blaser, M J ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; GHRELIN; HEXACHLOROPHENE; LEPTIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASTHMA; AUTISM; BACTERIURIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOMETRITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE FLORA; LABOR; LIPID METABOLISM; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MICROBIOME; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SKIN ALLERGY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VAGINAL DOUCHE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84886915564     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12371     Document Type: Note

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