Adjunctive Azithromycin Prophylaxis for Cesarean Delivery

2016275 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Alan Tita · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Jeff M. Szychowski · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Kim Boggess · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

George R. Saade · The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Sherri Longo · Ochsner Health System

Erin Clark · Intermountain Healthcare

Sean Esplin

Abstract

Among women undergoing nonelective cesarean delivery who were all receiving standard antibiotic prophylaxis, extended-spectrum prophylaxis with adjunctive azithromycin was more effective than placebo in reducing the risk of postoperative infection. (Funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; C/SOAP ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01235546 .).

Topics & Keywords

Surgical site infection prevention Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Anesthesia and Pain Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 375, Issue 13, pp. 1231-1241

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1602044

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