Krebs Among Authors on Azithromycin Study
Feb 14, 2023
Nancy Krebs, MD, MS, professor of pediatrics, is one of the authors of an article published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine reporting that azithromycin is effective in preventing sepsis or death in women planning a vaginal birth.
The antibiotic treatment could prevent sepsis in up to 2 million women per year, according to an announcement by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.
Diana W. Bianchi, MD, director of the NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, said the findings have the potential to change clinical practice by providing a safe, effective, and low-cost approach to reduce the global burden of maternal sepsis and death.
Results from the study, which enrolled more than 29,000 women in seven low- and middle-income countries, were presented last week at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's 43rd Annual Pregnancy Meeting, which was held in San Francisco.
The antibiotic treatment could prevent sepsis in up to 2 million women per year, according to an announcement by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.
Diana W. Bianchi, MD, director of the NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, said the findings have the potential to change clinical practice by providing a safe, effective, and low-cost approach to reduce the global burden of maternal sepsis and death.
Results from the study, which enrolled more than 29,000 women in seven low- and middle-income countries, were presented last week at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's 43rd Annual Pregnancy Meeting, which was held in San Francisco.