Intrapartum and postpartum antibiotic use in seven low- and middle-income countries: Findings from the A-PLUS trial.
Sarah SaleemHaleema YasminJanet L MooreAnum RahimIram ShakeelAdrien LokangakaAntoinette TshefuMelissa BausermanMusaku MwenechanyaElwyn ChombaShivaprasad S GoudarAvinash KaviRichard J DermanNancy F KrebsLester FigueroaManolo MazariegosPaul NyongesaSherri BucherFabian EsamaiArchana B PatelManjushree WaikarPoonam ShivkumarPatricia L HibberdWilliam A PetriS K Masum BillahRashidul HaqueWaldemar A CarloAlan TitaMarion Koso-ThomasJennifer Hemingway-FodayElizabeth M McClureRobert L GoldenbergPublished in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology (2024)
Across the eight sites of the Global Network, in the facility before delivery, and in the post-partum periods before and after facility discharge, antibiotics were used frequently, but use was highly variable by site and time-period.