The Nation - News from June 26, 1986
Doctors could save the lives of an estimated 1,100 newborns each year and prevent brain damage in others by giving an antibiotic to expectant women infected with a common bacteria, researchers said in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. A new study found that ampicillin administered to infected women during childbirth significantly reduced the chances of their babies’ contracting group B streptococci disease, which can lead to permanent brain damage and sometimes death.
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