The Reuters news service is reporting that a once-used practice of giving antibiotics to some women at risk of premature birth may have increased the odds their children will develop cerebral palsy and other problems.
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The report references a study published in the journal Lancet, which looked at women at risk of premature labor who had no signs of infection. Doctors now recommend antibiotics only for women whose waters have broken prematurely or have an obvious infection.
The findings reaffirm that doctors should not use antibiotics for premature labor when the mother’s water is intact and if there is no infection, said researchers at the University of Leicester who commissioned the study.
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One startling finding, for women whose water did not break and who got two popular antibiotics together, the chance their children would develop cerebral palsy nearly tripled.
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While it was known children born prematurely are more prone to functional problems later in life, the link to cerebral palsy was unexpected.
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Source: Reuters
