Single dose of the antibiotic azithromycin decreases sepsis and death risk during childbirth

A single dose of the antibiotic azithromycin can help protect mothers from dangerous sepsis infections and death during vaginal childbirth, a sweeping new international study from a UVA Health scientist and his collaborators has found.

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