UNC-School of Medicine: Single Dose Of Azithromycin Reduces Maternal Sepsis Or Death
February 10, 2023
February 10, 2023
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Feb. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023:
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A UAB-UNC School of Medicine collaboration found that a single oral dose of the common antibiotic azithromycin reduced the risk of maternal sepsis or death by 33 percent in women who delivered vaginally. UNC School of Medicine study leads were Melissa Bauserman, MD, MPH, Carl Bose, MD, and Jackie Patterson, MD, MPH . . .
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A UAB-UNC School of Medicine collaboration found that a single oral dose of the common antibiotic azithromycin reduced the risk of maternal sepsis or death by 33 percent in women who delivered vaginally. UNC School of Medicine study leads were Melissa Bauserman, MD, MPH, Carl Bose, MD, and Jackie Patterson, MD, MPH . . .