ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2014
Antibiotic use and misuse during pregnancy and delivery: benefits and risks.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of Perinatal Antibiotic Stewardship - where we are, where to go?Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Pooled it
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- Different classes of antibiotics given to women routinely for preventing infection at caesarean section.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- The relationship of prenatal antibiotic exposure and infant antibiotic administration with childhood allergies: a systematic review.BMC pediatrics · 2020Pooled it
- The efficacy of two doses versus 7 days' course of prophylactic antibiotics following cesarean section: An experience from Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.Annals of African medicineTrial
- Obstetric pharmacoeconomics.Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research · 2026Review
- Review: microbial metabolites - a key to address gut inflammation and barrier dysfunction in the premature infant.Gut microbes · 2025Review
- A Cohort Study on Clinical Features and Microbiological Profile in Neonatal Sepsis in Southwest of Iran.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Neonatology: First Exposure to Antibiotics from the Ethical Perspective of Parents, Physicians, and Regulators.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Genomic analysis of contaminant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, from placental swab culture, carrying antibiotic resistance: a potential hospital laboratory contaminant.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Real-world antibiotic utilization during pregnancy in Italy: a multiregional retrospective population-based study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Maternal vaginal and fecal microbiota in later pregnancy contribute to child fecal microbiota development in the ECHO cohort.iScience · 2025Article
- Effect of maternal exposure to antibiotics during pregnancy on the neonatal intestinal microbiome and health.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2025Review
- Effect of preconception antibiotics exposure on female reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Prenatal exposure to antibiotics and the risk of orofacial clefts: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Fecal tryptophan metabolite profiling in newborns in relation to microbiota and antibiotic treatment.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Antibiotic or gastric acid inhibitor use during pregnancy and postpartum depression: Population-based cohort study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- Impact of Genital Infections and Antibiotic Use on Incidence of Preterm Birth: A Retrospective Observational Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Determinants of microbial colonization in the premature gut.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Although pregnancy is considered as a physiological state, most pregnant women in developed countries receive multiple medications to prevent maternal or neonatal complications, with antibiotics among the most frequently prescribed. During pregnancy, antibiotics are often prescribed in the context of preterm labor, intrapartum fever, prevention of neonatal Group B Streptococcus fever, and cesarean section. Outside this period, they are commonly prescribed in the community setting for respiratory, urinary, and ear, nose and throat infection symptoms. Whereas some of the current indications have insightful reasons to justify their use, potential risks related to overuse and misuse may surpass the benefits. Of note, the recent 2014 World Health Assembly expressed serious concern regarding antibiotic resistance due to antibiotic overuse and misuse and urged immediate action to combat antibiotic resistance on a global scale. Most studies in the obstetrics field have focused on the benefits of antibiotics for short-term maternal and neonatal complications, but with very little (if any) interest in long-term consequences.
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