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Current News Releases
9/29/2016
Azithromycin pretreatment lowers infection rate after C-section, NIH-funded study finds
Treatment with the antibiotic azithromycin before an unplanned cesarean delivery reduces the post-operation infection rate by about 50 percent, compared to the standard treatment, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. Results of the study appear in the September 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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