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For preterm prelabor rupture of membranes, the standard protocol for latency augmentation has remained IV amoxicillin and erythromycin for 2 days, followed by oral amoxicillin and erythromycin for 5 additional days. Nonetheless, azithromycin has largely replaced erythromycin in PPROM management due to supply shortages and tolerability. Previous retrospective studies (2019) have found no difference in latency between single-dose and multi-day azithromycin regimens, but these studies did not measure actual drug concentrations at the site of action. In that 2019 retrospective study, there was also no difference in incidence of chorioamnionitis, or neonatal outcomes when comparing different dosing regimens of the azithromycin with erythromycin, with the exception of respiratory distress syndrome being more common in the 5 day azithromycin group. How ... 

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azithromycinPPROMLatency Antibiotics