Chorioamnionitis: is continuation of antibiotic therapy necessary after cesarean section?
Journal Article (Clinical Trial;Journal Article)
OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to determine whether the continuation of antibiotics postoperatively after cesarean section in patients whose labors were complicated by chorioamnionitis would reduce the incidence of endometritis. STUDY DESIGN: Patients with a clinical diagnosis of chorioamnionitis treated with ampicillin during labor and who required cesarean delivery for obstetric indications received preoperative intravenous clindamycin and gentamicin and were randomized into 2 groups. Group 1 received no scheduled postoperative antibiotics and group 2 continued to receive clindamycin 900 mg every 8 hours and gentamicin 1.5 mg/kg every 8 hours until afebrile for a minimum of 24 hours (temperature
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Turnquest, MA; How, HY; Cook, CR; O'Rourke, TP; Cureton, AC; Spinnato, JA; Brown, HL
Published Date
- November 1998
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 179 / 5
Start / End Page
- 1261 - 1266
PubMed ID
- 9822512
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0002-9378
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70143-7
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States