title: [Antibiotic administration in preterm delivery].
abstract: METHODS
  Although an association between subclinical intrauterine infection and preterm birth is well established, there is conflicting evidence regarding the benefits of antibiotic administration in women in preterm labor.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We attempted to determine the effect of antibioticotherapy in mothers on congenital neonatal infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study group consisted of 1049 pregnant women with imminent preterm labor hospitalized in Clinics of The Research Institute Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  244 women delivered preterm and no significant difference in neonatal outcomes could be detected in two groups with intact membranes and preterm premature rupture of membranes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study do not support the routine use of antibiotic administration in women with preterm labor.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Perinatologii, Instytutu Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki, Lódź.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pieta-Dolińska
authors.forename: Bogumił
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jaczewski
authors.forename: Jadwiga
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wardecka
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Woźniak
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilczyński
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Krasomski
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oszukowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome