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How to treat SARS in pregnant women. (Antibiotics Generally Safe).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not released specific recommendations for the treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome, but encourages empiric therapy to cover organisms associated with any community-acquired pneumonia of unclear etiology.
The rising number of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases in the United States, along with the births of three babies to SARS patients in Hong Kong, has raised the issue of how to treat the disease in pregnancy.
With the exception of tetracycline, antibiotics are generally safe during pregnancy, noted Gerald G. Briggs, pharmacist clinical specialist, Women's Hospital, Long Beach (Calif.) Memorial Medical Center.
The three women in Hong Kong were treated with the antiviral drug ribavirin. "Ribavirin is a potent animal toxin (embryo and fetal death) and teratogen in all species tested (hamsters, rats, and rabbits). These effects were observed with doses much lower than the human dose," Mr. Briggs said. Malformations ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, How to treat SARS in pregnant women. (Antibiotics Generally Safe).