Understanding the Pharmacokinetics of Antibiotics in Pregnancy: Is There a Role for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring? A Narrative Review.

Knowledge about the impact on pharmacokinetics and fetal exposure is especially helpful for complicated or severe infections, including intra-amniotic infection and sepsis in pregnancy, where both mother and fetus are at risk. Further studies are warranted to consolidate the role of therapeutic drug monitoring in complicated or severe infections in pregnant patients.