Increasing use of antibiotics in pregnancy during the period 2000-2010: Prevalence, timing, category, and demographics

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 988-996

  Broe, A ^a   Pottegard A ^a,b   Lamont, R F ^b,c   Jorgensen J S ^b   Damkier, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterials; antibiotics; antimycotic drug use; Denmark; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PIVMECILLINAM;

ABORTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DELIVERY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ANTIBACTERIALS; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMYCOTIC DRUG USE; DENMARK; PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DENMARK; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903519822     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12806     Document Type: Review

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