Infection is the single most common problem encountered by the obstetrician. Consider
these statistics1. Overt chorioamnionitis occurs in 3–5% of term patients and up to 25% of …

The question of whether to pre-scribe a course of antibiotics to a pregnant woman is a
dilemma faced by obstetrics-gynecology (ob-gyn) care providers on a daily basis. In …

Nearly two-thirds of all pregnant individuals report at least one infection during pregnancy. 1
Severe infections can contribute to maternal morbidity and mortality. 2 Thus, the prevention …

Antimicrobial agents, especially antibiotics, are prescribed in pregnancy for various specific
indications related to pregnancy per se (eg chorioamnionitis), for infections otherwise …

DR. RICHARD L. SWEET: The clinical emergence of antibiotics in the 1940s may have
been, as many claim, the most significant medical occurrence of this century or even …

The use of antibiotics to prevent infections during pregnancy and the puerperium is clearly
different from the use of antibiotics to treat established infections. Prophylactic antibiotics are …

Direct maternal infections around the time of childbirth account for about one tenth of the
global burden of maternal death. Women who develop peripartum infections are also prone …

American physicians prescribe too many antibiotics for the pregnant woman and the fetus in
utero. Practice modifications in 1996 and revised in 2002 to prevent Group B Streptococcus …

2 In 2011, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) revised their
guidance on the 10 timing of intravenous prophylactic antibiotic administration for …

Penicillin and ampicillin are valuable antibiotics in obstetrics because of their excellent
activity against group A and group B streptococci. In addition, ampicillin is the treatment of …