Addition of Azithromycin to Cefazolin Will Reduce Post CS Infections More Than Cefazolin Only.

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2018-08-20
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The good standard antibiotic prophylaxis pre elective C S is cefazolin and this study will approve addition of azithromycin to cefazolin will reduce post CS infections more than cefazolin only.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Azithromycin; Cefazolin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Gestational age of 37 0/7 weeks and greater

• Elective cesarean section

• Medicaly free pregnant women

Exclusion Criteria:

• a known allergy to azithromycin

• obstetric complications

• azithromycin use within 7 days before randomization

• chorioamnionitis or other infection requiring postpartum antibiotic therapy

• Pre-gestational diabetes