Ali Aboklaish

Apr 26, 2024 | cardiff.ac.uk | Sailesh Kotecha |John Lowe |David Gillespie |Ali Aboklaish

“There has been controversy for several decades regarding whether the antibiotics called macrolides - which include azithromycin - can decrease the rates of chronic lung disease in premature babies. “Several much smaller trials have tried to establish whether antibiotics like azithromycin would be helpful in decreasing the rates of chronic lung disease, and these trials have shown conflicting results.

Apr 25, 2024 | thelancet.com | John Lowe |David Gillespie |Ali Aboklaish |Claudia Consoli

Research in contextEvidence before this studyBefore obtaining funding, we conducted a formal systematic review to assess the association of pulmonary colonisation with Ureaplasma spp and development of chronic lung disease of prematurity (CLD, also called bronchopulmonary dysplasia [BPD]).