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BET 4. TREATING CHLAMYDIA IN PREGNANCY
Accepted 9 December 2008
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Report by: Summer Stears, Emergency Medicine Resident
Search checked by: Jeffrey S Jones, Emergency Medicine Research Director
Institution: Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research/Michigan State University
A short-cut review was carried out to establish whether antibiotic therapy is effective and safe in the treatment of chlamydia in pregnancy. A total of 165 citations was reviewed, of which four answered the three-part question. The clinical bottom line is that treatment of chlamydial infections during pregnancy can prevent early complications.
In [pregnant women presenting with chlamydia infection] is [antibiotic treatment] effective in [reducing the incidence of miscarriage or preterm labour]?
A patient presents to the emergency department with complaints of abdominal pain and vaginal discharge. You find out she is pregnant and has chlamydia; will antibiotic treatment help decrease the incidence of miscarriage and/or preterm labour?
MEDLINE 1950 to September 2008 using OVID interface and Cochrane Library (2008) [(exp chlamydia
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