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Trial reportNature communications2025

Effect of intrapartum azithromycin on early childhood gut mycobiota development: post hoc analysis of a double-blind randomized trial.

Bakary Sanyang, Magdalena B Dabrowska, Nelly Amenyogbe, Bully Camara, Nathalie Beloum, Mariama Jammeh, Dodou Bojang, Jack Goodall, Nuredin Mohammed, Abdul Karim Sesay and 2 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03199547 (Pre-delivery Administration of Azithromycin to Prevent Neonatal Sepsis and Death), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03199547 phase3completednot on this map

Pre-delivery Administration of Azithromycin to Prevent Neonatal Sepsis and Death: a Phase III Double-blind Randomized Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineRan2017 to 2021Enrolled11,985ConditionsNeonatal SEPSISArmsAzithromycin, Placebo Oral Tablet
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Bakary SanyangMedical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8211-9424
Magdalena B DabrowskaDivision of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Nelly AmenyogbeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Canadian Centre for Vaccinology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Bully CamaraMedical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.
Nathalie BeloumMedical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-5270-8682
Mariama JammehMedical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.
Dodou BojangMedical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.
Jack GoodallDivision of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0997-5528
Nuredin MohammedMedical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.
Abdul Karim SesayMedical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.
Anna Roca *Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia. anna.roca@lshtm.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6034-1868
Thushan I de Silva *Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6498-9212

Funding

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) OPP1196513
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intrapartum azithromycin prophylaxis reduced maternal infections but showed no effect on neonatal sepsis and mortality. Although antibiotic exposure may indirectly alter the mycobiota (community of fungi that live in a given environment), there is no data available on how intrapartum azithromycin impacts gut mycobiota development. We hereby assess the impact of intrapartum azithromycin on gut mycobiota development from birth to the age of three years, by ITS2 gene profiling of rectal samples from 102 healthy Gambian infants selected from a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial (PregnAnZI-2 - ClinicalTrials.org NCT03199547). In the trial, women received 2 g oral azithromycin or placebo (1:1) during labour with the intension of assessing effect on neonatal sepsis or mortality. Secondary objectives included effects on bacterial carriage and resistance, puerperal infections, and infant growth. Our analysis show that season and parity were key factors that influenced gut mycobiota development. Intrapartum azithromycin increased the abundance of Candida orthopsilosis but only in the wet season and did not show different effects by sex of the child. These data suggest that season and parity can be key factors influencing gut mycobiota development and may inform strategies for a wider implementation of intrapartum azithromycin intervention.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsAzithromycinGastrointestinal MicrobiomeChild, PreschoolDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleNeonatal SepsisPregnancySeasonsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAzithromycin

Identifiers

PMID40783383
PMCPMC12335549

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