Would antibiotics during pregnancy cause any harm?

Question

Hi doctor,

My wife is 8 weeks pregnant. A couple of days before, the doctor did a urine routine and report stated that 12 to 14 pus cells. Then, we did a urine culture as well and after 48 hours of the culture, the report came as bacteria not seen. In this case, do we need to take antibiotics to clear the infections? In the 4 weeks of pregnancy itself, she had an infection and took one week of Ceftum 250 mg antibiotics. Over the course of antibiotics, we repeated the urine routine and everything came as absent.

Answer 1

Hi,

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Taking another course of antibiotics would cause no harm, but infection if occurs again and again may be harmful to pregnancy. You are right in your worry that it may be an extra course, as your wife took one recently. But, as I said, it is better to play on the safe side in pregnancy. There is no harm. She can take another course of antibiotics and please get her blood sugar levels. High sugar levels can sometimes be a reason for recurrent urinary infection. Kindly advise her to take plenty of fluids.