Routine Use of Antimicrobials by Pregnant Indian Women Does not Improve Birth Outcome: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Routine Use of Antimicrobials by Pregnant Indian Women Does not Improve Birth Outcome: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Low birth-weight is a leading health problem in developing countries. In a randomized controlled trial, the effect of antimicrobials in pregnant women on improving birth-weight and duration of gestation was evaluated. Two hundred twenty-four pregnant women in their second trimester were randomized t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of health, population and nutrition population and nutrition, 2006-07, Vol.23 (3)
Hauptverfasser: Sen, Amitava, Mahalanabis, Dilip, Mukhopadhyay, Sanjib, Chakrabarty, Kamalendu, Singh, Arun K, Bisai, Samiran, Chakrabarty, Monilal, Halder, Debasis, Islam, Mohammad Aminul
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Sprache:eng
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Birth-weight
Drug therapy
India
Infant, Low birth-weight
Intrauterine growth retardation
Pregnancy outcome
Pregnancy outcomes
Pregnancy trimester, Second
Randomized controlled trials
Reproductive tract infections
Urinary tract infections
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Zusammenfassung:Low birth-weight is a leading health problem in developing countries. In a randomized controlled trial, the effect of antimicrobials in pregnant women on improving birth-weight and duration of gestation was evaluated. Two hundred twenty-four pregnant women in their second trimester were randomized to receive metronidazole (200 mg 3 times daily for 7 days) and cephalexin (500 mg twice daily for 5 days) orally by one group. The mean (±SD) birth-weights were 2,545 g (±374) and 2,584 g (±358, p= 0.51), the low birth-weight rates(
ISSN:1606-0997