Two rounds of prenatal STI screening lower preterm birth risk
Screening and treating pregnant patients for three common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) twice during pregnancy was associated with a 23 percent lower risk of preterm birth compared with standard care, according to a randomized clinical trial published in Clinical Infectious Diseases from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Southern California.
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