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Chorioamnionitis: is continuation of antibiotic therapy necessary after cesarean section?

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Turnquest, MA; How, HY; Cook, CR; O'Rourke, TP; Cureton, AC; Spinnato, JA; Brown, HL
Published in: Am J Obstet Gynecol
November 1998

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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Am J Obstet Gynecol

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ISSN

0002-9378

Publication Date

November 1998

Volume

179

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1261 / 1266

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Puerperal Disorders
  • Preoperative Care
  • Pregnancy
  • Penicillins
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Infections
  • Incidence
  • Humans
  • Gentamicins
 

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Turnquest, M. A., How, H. Y., Cook, C. R., O’Rourke, T. P., Cureton, A. C., Spinnato, J. A., & Brown, H. L. (1998). Chorioamnionitis: is continuation of antibiotic therapy necessary after cesarean section? Am J Obstet Gynecol, 179(5), 1261–1266. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70143-7
Turnquest, M. A., H. Y. How, C. R. Cook, T. P. O’Rourke, A. C. Cureton, J. A. Spinnato, and H. L. Brown. “Chorioamnionitis: is continuation of antibiotic therapy necessary after cesarean section?Am J Obstet Gynecol 179, no. 5 (November 1998): 1261–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70143-7.
Turnquest MA, How HY, Cook CR, O’Rourke TP, Cureton AC, Spinnato JA, et al. Chorioamnionitis: is continuation of antibiotic therapy necessary after cesarean section? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1998 Nov;179(5):1261–6.
Turnquest, M. A., et al. “Chorioamnionitis: is continuation of antibiotic therapy necessary after cesarean section?Am J Obstet Gynecol, vol. 179, no. 5, Nov. 1998, pp. 1261–66. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70143-7.
Turnquest MA, How HY, Cook CR, O’Rourke TP, Cureton AC, Spinnato JA, Brown HL. Chorioamnionitis: is continuation of antibiotic therapy necessary after cesarean section? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1998 Nov;179(5):1261–1266.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Obstet Gynecol

DOI

ISSN

0002-9378

Publication Date

November 1998

Volume

179

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1261 / 1266

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Puerperal Disorders
  • Preoperative Care
  • Pregnancy
  • Penicillins
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Infections
  • Incidence
  • Humans
  • Gentamicins