Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Treatment Trial of Chlamydia trachomatis Endocervical Infections in Pregnant Women

David H. Martin; David A. Eschenbach; Mary Frances Cotch; Robert P. Nugent; A. Vijaya Rao; Mark A. Klebanoff; Yu Lou; Philip J. Rettig; Ronald S. Gibbs; Joseph G. Pastorek II; Joan A. Regan; Richard A. Kaslow

doi:10.1155/S1064744997000057

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1997)

Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Treatment Trial of Chlamydia trachomatis Endocervical Infections in Pregnant Women

David H. Martin,
David A. Eschenbach,
Mary Frances Cotch,
Robert P. Nugent,
A. Vijaya Rao,
Mark A. Klebanoff,
Yu Lou,
Philip J. Rettig,
Ronald S. Gibbs,
Joseph G. Pastorek II,
Joan A. Regan,
Richard A. Kaslow

Affiliations

David H. Martin: Department of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA
David A. Eschenbach: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Mary Frances Cotch: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
Robert P. Nugent: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA
A. Vijaya Rao: Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Mark A. Klebanoff: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA
Yu Lou: Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Philip J. Rettig: Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gnecology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Ronald S. Gibbs: Department of Obstetrics and Gnecology, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA
Joseph G. Pastorek II: Department of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA
Joan A. Regan: Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Richard A. Kaslow: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744997000057
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 10 – 17

Abstract

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if treatment of pregnant women with Chlamydia trachomatis infection would lower the incidence of preterm delivery and/or low birth weight.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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