About Half of Pregnant Women With HIV Have C-Sections
About half of pregnant women with HIV infection underwent cesarean delivery between 1998 and 2013.
Pregnancy
Risk Factors for Cytomegalovirus Reinfections in Seropositive Women
Findings provide an alternative explanation for virus acquisition and shedding in seroimumne pregnant women that contrasts with proposed mechanisms that argue that reactivation of persistent infection in seroimmune women leads to infection and virus shedding.
CDC Recommends Additional Malaria Treatment Option During Pregnancy
Women in the United States with uncomplicated malaria during the first trimester of pregnancy should be treated with the currently recommended options of either mefloquine or quinine plus clindamycin. However, when neither of these options is available, artemether-lumefantrine should be considered for treatment.
HIV-1 Susceptibility Increases in Late Pregnancy and Postpartum Periods
Researchers assessed the differential risk of acquiring HIV-1 infection across reproductive stages by calculating per-coital-act risk for each stage and comparing with nonpregnant times.
Rate of Birth Defects in Pregnant Women With Confirmed Zika Virus Infection
Researchers estimated this risk among pregnant women with symptomatic Zika virus infection in French territories in the Americas.
Risk of Infant Hospitalizations, Death Not Linked to Maternal Vaccination
Maternal receipt of influenza and tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and Tdap vaccines is not associated with infant hospitalization or death.
Chlamydia Infection Not Associated With Adverse Birth Outcomes
A chlamydia infection that has been identified during pregnancy and treated does not appear to result in a substantial increase in the risk of preterm birth compared with the risk in women tested and shown to not have a chlamydia infection.
Antibiotic Prescribing Habits for UTI in Pregnant Women
For pregnant women in their first trimester, a 2011 Committee Opinion from the ACOG recommended that sulfonamides and nitrofurantoin may be prescribed only if other antimicrobial therapies are deemed clinically inappropriate.
Tenofovir Use Safe During Pregnancy
Further research on longer-term effects of maternal prenatal TDF use is important given the majority of HIV-infected women are prescribed a TDF-containing prevention of mother-to-child transmission regimen.
New Recommendations for Managing Hepatitis C Infection During Pregnancy
The recommendations will be published in the November issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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