Comparison between two different antibiotic regimes (2 grams stat then 1 gram 4 hourly ampicillin versus 1 gram stat then 500 mg 6 hourly of ampicillin) as antibiotic prophylaxis of maternal and neonatal sepsis in prom ≥18 hours prospective randomised controlled trial in Hospital Sultan Ismail, Johor Bahru, Johor

Introduction: Pre-labour rupture of membranes is a common clinical problem with the predominant risk to the fetus is ascending infection. The risks to the mother are of uterine infection, via either chorioamnionitis and postpartum endometritis. Ampicillin group antibiotic is currently used as prophy...

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