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Antibiotics for Preterm Labor Linked to Cerebral Palsy
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 The new studies looked at children born to 3,298 women in the United Kingdom.
The researchers found that 4.4 percent of children whose mothers had taken both erythromycin and co-amoxiclav had cerebral palsy, compared with 1.6 percent of children whose mothers had only taken a placebo.
At this point, it's not clear if the risks apply to other antibiotics as well, the researchers said.
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Some two in 1,000 children born at term develop cerebral palsy; the risk is higher for those babies born early. The risk for the children in this study was, overall, about two in every 100, while the risk for those whose mothers had taken one or both antibiotics was three-to-four per every 100 children, the researchers said.
More information
The March of Dimes has more on preterm birth.
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Last updated 9/18/2008
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SOURCES: Jennifer Wu, M.D., obstetrician/gynecologist, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; Alan Fleischman, M.D., medical director, March of Dimes, White Plains, N.Y.; Sept. 18, 2008, The Lancet, online
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