Antibiotics for amniotic-fluid colonization by Ureaplasma and/or Mycoplasma spp. to prevent preterm birth: A randomized trial.

OBJECTIVE:To assess whether antibiotics used for treatment in asymptomatic second-trimester women positive for Mycoplasma or Ureaplasma spp. detected by amniotic-fluid PCR prevents preterm delivery. DESIGN:A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING:10 maternal fetal medicine cente...

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Main Authors: Gilles Kayem, Alexandra Doloy, Thomas Schmitz, Yvon Chitrit, Philippe Bouhanna, Bruno Carbonne, Jean Marie Jouannic, Laurent Mandelbrot, Alexandra Benachi, Elie Azria, Francoise Maillard, Florence Fenollar, Claire Poyart, Cécile Bebear, François Goffinet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6221323?pdf=render