M Berkovitch, I Segal-Socher, R Greenberg, M Bulkowshtein, J Arnon, P Merlob, A Or-Noy
AIMS: There are no published studies on the safety of cefuroxime use during pregnancy. We therefore investigated prospectively the possible teratogenic effect of intrauterine exposure to cefuroxime. METHODS: One hundred and six women who received cefuroxime during the first trimester of pregnancy were recruited from three teratogen information centres in Israel. Exposed women were paired for age, smoking habits and alcohol consumption with references being exposed to nonteratogenic antibiotics administered for the same indications...
August 2000: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology