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Antibiotics and Babies
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Reviewed August 2011
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| Title: | Antibiotics for ureaplasma in the vagina in pregnancy |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Ureaplasmas are normal flora in the vagina of many women. In some women high levels of ureaplasma in the vagina, which probably reflect the presence of infection in the uterus, may have a role in pregnancy complications, or may contribute to babies bein... |
| Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Title: | Antibiotics for bronchiolitis in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Bronchiolitis is a serious respiratory illness that often affects young babies. It is most commonly caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and is the most common reason for hospitalisation in babies under the age of six months. Babies usually prese... |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Prophylactic antibiotics to reduce morbidity and mortality in neonates with umbilical artery catheters |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | There is not enough evidence from randomised trials to either support or refute the routine use of preventive antibiotics in newborn babies with umbilical artery catheters. Sick newborn babies occasionally require the insertion of an umbilical artery ca... |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Prophylactic antibiotics to reduce morbidity and mortality in ventilated newborn infants |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | There is insufficient evidence from randomised trials to either support or refute the routine use of preventive antibiotics in newborn babies with breathing tubes in place. Newborn babies occasionally require a tube in the windpipe to help them breathe.... |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Antibiotics for meconium-stained amniotic fluid in labour for preventing maternal and neonatal infections |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) is the result of waste maternal from the fetal colon passing into the mother's amniotic cavity. Its incidence increases in post-term pregnancies. Pregnant women with MSAF are more likely to develop maternal complic... |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Prophylactic anti-staphylococcal antibiotics for cystic fibrosis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Cystic fibrosis blocks the airways with mucus and causes frequent respiratory infections. These can lead to death from breathing failure. People with cystic fibrosis are sometimes given regular antibiotics to prevent infections from a germ called Staphy... |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Short-course versus long-course antibiotic therapy for non-severe community-acquired pneumonia in children aged 2 months to 59 months |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pneumonia is a major cause of mortality in children under five years of age. Treatment of pneumonia requires the use of an effective antibiotic in adequate doses for an appropriate duration. In most cases, treatment ranges between 7 and 14 days, but thi... |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Antibiotics for preterm rupture of membranes |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Certain antibiotics given to women with early broken waters will improve babies' health. Babies born too soon are more likely to suffer ill health in the early days and sometimes throughout life. Early labour and birth (before 37 weeks) may be due to un... |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pneumonia is the leading cause of mortality in children under five years of age. Most cases of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in low-income countries are caused by bacteria. This systematic review identified 27 randomised controlled trials, enroling... |
| Date: | Sep 2009 |
| Title: | Antibiotics for gonorrhoea in pregnancy |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pregnant women with gonorrhoea who take penicillin, spectinomycin or ceftriaxone are much less likely to show signs of infection. Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a bacteria transmitted (passed) during sex, causing an infection in the genital area. Pregnant wom... |
| Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Title: | Intrapartum antibiotics for known maternal Group B streptococcal colonization |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Women, men and children of all ages can be colonized with Group B streptococcus (GBS) bacteria without having any symptoms; bacteria are particularly found in the gastrointestinal tract, vagina and urethra. This is the situation in both developed and de... |
| Date: | Apr 2009 |
| Title: | Pneumococcal disease: what you need to know - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Pneumococcal disease refers to illness caused by infection with the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (sometimes shortened to Strep. pneumoniae). |
| Date: | Oct 2008 |
| Title: | Prophylactic systemic antibiotics to reduce morbidity and mortality in neonates with central venous catheters |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Central venous lines (long plastic tubes that have their tip ending in the big veins near the heart through which medicine and fluid can be given) are used in some newborn babies, particularly those that have been born too early or who are very sick. Ba... |
| Date: | Sep 2007 |
| Title: | Intraventricular antibiotics for bacterial meningitis in neonates |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Infection of the membranes and the fluid surrounding the brain (meningitis) and of the fluid filled spaces in the brain (ventriculitis) may be caused by bacteria, especially gram negative bacteria. This type of infection is difficult to eradicate using ... |
| Date: | Jul 2007 |
| Title: | Antibiotics for treating bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Antibiotics during pregnancy for overgrowth of abnormal bacteria in the birth canal does not reduce the risk of babies being born too early. Bacteria are normally present in the birth canal and are useful in maintaining the health of the vagina. However... |
| Date: | Sep 2006 |
| Title: | Enteral antibiotics for preventing necrotizing enterocolitis in low birthweight or preterm infants |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Not enough evidence to support administering antibiotics through a feeding tube for low birth weight and new born babies to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis. Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious disease that affects the bowel in the first few w... |
| Date: | Aug 2006 |
| Title: | Antibiotic regimens for suspected late onset sepsis in newborn infants |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Antibiotics for newborn infants that might have blood infections when more than 48 hours old. Blood infection (sepsis) can make newborn infants seriously ill or even kill them. Sepsis in newborns more than 48 hours old is called late onset neonatal seps... |
| Date: | Mar 2005 |
| Title: | Prophylactic versus selective antibiotics for term newborn infants of mothers with risk factors for neonatal infection |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Several factors increase the risk of serious infection in term newborn infants, for example, the presence in the birth canal of a bacterium that causes infection in the newborn (group B streptococcus), rupture of membranes more than a day before deliver... |
| Date: | Jul 2004 |
| Title: | Antibiotic regimens for suspected early neonatal sepsis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Antibiotics for newborn infants that might have blood infections when aged less than 48 hours. Blood infection (sepsis) can make newborn infants seriously ill or even kill them. Sepsis in newborns less than 48 hours old is called early neonatal sepsis. ... |
| Date: | Jun 2004 |
| Title: | Topical umbilical cord care at birth |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | No evidence that applying sprays, creams or powders are any better than keeping the baby's cord clean and dry at birth. The umbilical cord connects the baby to its food and oxygen supply in the womb, and is clamped and cut at birth. The cord stump dries... |
| Date: | May 2004 |
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