Single-dose compared with multiple day antibiotic prophylaxis for cesarean section in low-resource settings, a randomized controlled, noninferiority trial

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-49

  Westen, Esther H M N ^a,b   Kolk, Pascal R ^a,c   Van Velzen, Christine L ^d   Unkels, Regine ^e,f   Mmuni, Nicholaus S ^e   Hamisi, Alex D ^e   Nakua, Ritha E ^e   Vlek, Anne L M ^g   Van Beekhuizen, Heleen J ^e,h  

^a Mkomaindo District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Sokoine Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^h ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ampicillin; Antibiotic prophylaxis; cesarean section; infection; low resource setting; maternal morbidity; metronidazole; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TANZANIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; METRONIDAZOLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919339999     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12517     Document Type: Article

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