Population
101 obstetrical patients
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 day postpartum
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for endocarditis prophylaxis during labor in susceptible patients; prospective trials needed before clinical adoption.
The presence of potentially pathogenic bacteremia during parturition suggests that patients susceptible to subacute bacterial endocarditis may require antibiotic prophylaxis during labor.
Paul D. Redleaf (1959) studied this question.
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