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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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The effect of surveillance and appreciative inquiry on puerperal infections: a longitudinal cohort study in India. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of an intervention comprising surveillance and an organisational change called Appreciative Inquiry on puerperal infections in hospitals in Gujarat state, India.
Julia Hussein, K V Ramani, Lovney Kanguru, Kalpesh Patel, Jacqueline Bell, Purvi Patel, Leighton Walker, Rajesh Mehta, Dileep Mavalankar   +8 more
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Preterm meconium-stained amniotic fluid: A red flag for infection and adverse perinatal outcomes. [PDF]

Int J Gynaecol Obstet
Abstract Objective Meconium‐stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) is uncommon in preterm deliveries and raises concerns about maternal and neonatal infectious risks. We aimed to evaluate maternal, perinatal, and microbiological outcomes in preterm deliveries complicated by MSAF compared to clear amniotic fluid (AF) and to assess outcomes in preterm versus term
Abu Shqara R, Hoffman N, Lowenstein L, Frank Wolf M.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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Puerperal infection from the perspective of humanized delivery care at a public maternity hospital Infección puerperal del punto de vista de la atención humanizada al parto en maternidad pública Infecção puerperal sob a ótica da assistência humanizada ao parto em maternidade pública

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2007
This is an epidemiological, prospective and non-concurrent study of the cohort type about puerperal infection from the perspective of humanized delivery care, based on information from 5,178 records of patients who went through the experience of ...
Elisângela Euripedes Resende Guimarães, Tânia Couto Machado Chianca, Adriana Cristina de Oliveira   +2 more
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Carbapenem Resistant Organisms: An Unusual Aetiology for Puerperal Sepsis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Puerperal infection is a common complication of labour. It occurs universally and is usually responsive to first line antibiotics. However, resistance to first line antibiotics and even second line antibiotics is becoming more wide spread.
Vaibhav Londhe, Reeta Vijayaselvi, V. Balaji, Santosh J. Benjamin, Rani Diana Sahni   +4 more
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Effect of Puerperal Infections on Early Neonatal Mortality: A Secondary Analysis of Six Demographic and Health Surveys.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundAround 1.5 million annual neonatal deaths occur in the first week of life, and infections represent one of the major causes in developing countries.
Saverio Bellizzi, Quique Bassat, Mohamed M Ali, Howard L Sobel, Marleen Temmerman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source