Antibiotics in Obstetrics and Gynecology

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Preventive Antibiotics and Antibiotic Treatment in Pregnancy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Prophylactic Antibiotics in Gynecology

      • Philip B. Mead

      Pages 3-36

   3. Pharmacokinetics of Antibiotics in the Pregnant Woman

      • Agneta E. L. Philipson

      Pages 37-60

   4. The Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections during Pregnancy

      • Robert E. Harris

      Pages 61-80

   5. Treatment of Post-Cesarean Section Endomyometritis

      • Margaret Lynn Yonekura

      Pages 81-98

3. Antibiotic Therapy in Gynecology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. Diagnosis Treatment of Salpingo-Oophoritis

      • David Eschenbach

      Pages 101-117

   3. Diagnosis and Treatment of the Patient with an Infected Abortion

      • Richard Schwarz

      Pages 119-135

4. Review of Antibiotics Effective in the Treatment of Soft Tissue Pelvic Infection

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. Tetracyclines and Penicillins

      • William J. Ledger

      Pages 139-158

   3. Chloramphenicol, Clindamycin and Metronidazole

      • David Charles

      Pages 159-217

   4. Cephalosporins and Cephamycins

      • Richard L. Sweet

      Pages 219-252

5. Back Matter

   Pages 253-255

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The motive to prepare this volume on antibiotics for the physician caring for women was based upon the editor's perception that the subject matter had never been fully developed for the obstetrician-gynecologist. Most textbooks of infectious disease have a small section devoted to antibiotics, which has little relevance for the physician caring for post-operative or post-partum infections. Basic antibiotic pharmacology is described and there is a reflex prohibition of antibiotics for the pregnant woman. Correctly, the reader assumes that the authors themselves do not care for women with bacterial infections of the pelvis. Recent texts in infectious disease in obstetrics­ gynecology have been little better. Although the focus has been more clini­ cally oriented, space requirements have too often kept the discussions at a superficial level. A total focus upon antibiotics in this volume eliminates the restraints of space in prior publications. The greatest reward in my task as editor of this volume is related to the quality of the individual authors. They range from former students, to con­ temporary colleagues, to respected peers in infectious disease. Since the quality of this volume is related to the sum total of the individual chapters, I wish to comment about each of the contributors. Philip Mead from the University of Vermont is an old friend, who brings to the question of prophylactic antibiotics, his wide clinical experience and encyclopedic knowledge.

• ecology
• gynecology
• infection
• obstetrics
• pregnancy

• The New York Hospital — Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA

  William J. Ledger

Policies and ethics