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Maternal puerperal infection caused by Parabacteroides goldsteinii: a case report. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
Peng L, Chen X, Wang Z, Yi L, Jin Z.
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Can Clean Delivery Kits Prevent Infections? Lessons from Traditional Birth Attendants in Nigeria

Annals of Global Health, 2023
Background: In resource-poor settings, perinatal infections contribute significantly to maternal and neonatal deaths, and the use of clean delivery kits (CDKs) has been proposed as a tool to reduce the risk of infection-related deaths. This study aims to
Adediwura Oladunni Arowosegbe, Iyabode Olabisi Dedeke, Olufunke Bolatito Shittu, David Ajiboye Ojo, Joy Stephen Amusan, Opeoluwa Iwaloye, Uwemedimo Friday Ekpo   +6 more
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Factors associated with post-delivery complications, according to the demographic and family health survey in Perú 2019-2020

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2023
Introduction:Postpartum complications are important health problems in Peru, therefore it is necessary to determine their associated factors. Objectives: Determine the factors associated with postpartum complications in Peru during the years 2019 and ...
Kimberley Lissette Mauricio-Fernández, Rubén A. Huamán Santos, Rubén Espinoza Rojas   +2 more
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Outcomes and management of pregnancy and puerperal group A streptococcal infections: A systematic review

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023
Introduction Group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes) is one of the most lethal bacterial pathogens of humans, with increased risk of progression to septic shock and multiorgan failure in the pregnant population.
Kristin Harris, Leslie K. Proctor, Shiri Shinar, Eleni Philippopoulos, Mark H. Yudin, Kellie E. Murphy   +5 more
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Peripartum infections and associated maternal mortality in rural Malawi [PDF]

, 2011
Article approval pendingTo assess associations between maternal mortality and severe morbidity and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, uptake of antiretroviral therapy, obstetric infections, and nonobstetric infections in a rural Malawian ...
Ahmad, Beatrice Mwagomba, Bemelmans, Bryant, Chiphangwi, Denny, Ford, Hogan, Jahn, Jos van Roosmalen, Lapaire, Louis, McIntyre, Mehta, Moodley, Mwagomba, Nathan Ford, Pollack, Semprini, Stefan de Vroome, Thomas van den Akker, van den Akker, Walson, Zachariah   +23 more
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Burden of puerperal sepsis and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Archives of Public Health, 2021
Background Puerperal sepsis is a genital tract infection that can occur from amniotic fluid rupture to six weeks after birth. Maternal complication associated with puerperal sepsis includes prolonged hospital stay, septicemia, disseminated intravascular ...
Abenezer Melkie, Enyew Dagnew
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Antibioticoterapia profilática em obstetrícia: comparação entre esquemas Prophylactic antibiotic treatment in obstetrics: comparison of regimens

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 1998
Objetivos: avaliar a eficiência de vários esquemas de antibioterapia profilática no parto na prevenção da infecção puerperal. Métodos: segundo a via de parto (vaginal ou abdominal) e conforme a presença ou não de um ou mais fatores de risco para infecção
Heraldo Francisco Costa, Ivete de Ávila, Manuel Maurício Gonçalves   +2 more
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Hempelian and Kuhnian approaches in the philosophy of medicine: the Semmelweis case [PDF]

, 2005
Semmelweis?s investigations of puerperal fever are some of the most interesting in the history of medicine. This paper considers Hempel?s (1966) analysis of the Semmelweis case.
Gillies, DA
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Infecção puerperal em Centro de Parto Normal: ocorrência e fatores predisponentes Infección puerperal y centro de parto normal: ocurrencia y factores predisponentes The puerperal infection in a delivery center: occurrence and predisposing factors

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2005
O Centro de Parto Normal (CPN) proporciona assistência obstétrica centrada nas necessidades da parturiente com base em evidências científicas.
Nilce Xavier de Souza Machado, Neide de Souza Praça   +1 more
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Case report: An unusual presentation of puerperal sepsis

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Group A Streptococcus (GAS; Streptococcus pyogenes) is a facultative gram-positive coccus, uncommonly colonizing parturient genitalia, where its presence can potentially lead to a life-threatening invasive infection after delivery.
Doron Kabiri, Diana Prus, Roie Alter, Gali Gordon, Shay Porat, Yossef Ezra   +5 more
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