A new study, published in the journal Lancet, links a small number of Cerebral Palsly cases to antibiotics given to women in premature labor.
According to Sara Kenyon, Lead Researcher at the University of Leicester, findings reaffirm that doctors should not use antibiotics for premature labor when the mother's water is intact and if there is no infection.
According to Reuters, Kenyon said in a telephone interview, "We don't think it is the antibiotics themselves but rather the situation the antibiotics are given in. These findings mean doctors do not need to give antibiotics if a woman's water hasn't broken unless she has an infection."
Researchers stress, despite the findings of this seven year study, that they are NOT saying antibiotics are unsafe in pregnancy.
The BBC provides this news report on the findings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92PuiyfK12I
