ERADICATION OF VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI FROM THE AMNIOTIC CAVITY WITH TRANSPLACENTAL ANTIBIOTIC-TREATMENT

Authors
MAZOR M CHAIM W HERSHKOWITZ R WIZNITZER A
Citation
M. Mazor et al., ERADICATION OF VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI FROM THE AMNIOTIC CAVITY WITH TRANSPLACENTAL ANTIBIOTIC-TREATMENT, Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, 255(3), 1994, pp. 147-151
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09320067
Volume
255
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
147 - 151
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0067(1994)255:3<147:EOVSFT>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We report a case of eradication of Viridans streptococci from the amni otic cavity in a patient with preterm labor and intact membranes by tr ansplacental antibiotic treatment. Following this modality of treatmen t, preterm labor was arrested and the pregnancy continued uneventfully until normal term delivery. We suggest that transplacental antibiotic treatment should be seriously considered as part of the medical armam entarium for treatment of patients with preterm labor and microbial in vasion of the amniotic cavity.