Tag Stephanie Padberg

With many antibiotics, a breastfed child receives less than 1% of the weight-related therapeutic dose when the mother is being treated. Thus only minimal concentrations – and in no case, bacteria-inhibiting concentrations – are achieved in the infant’s plasma. The…

Infections may be hazardous to the health of the mother, the course of pregnancy, and the unborn child. They can lead to premature labor or premature rupture of membranes and thereby increase the risk for spontaneous abortion and prematurity. Furthermore,…