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Laboratory confirmed puerperal sepsis in a national referral hospital in Tanzania: etiological agents and their susceptibility to commonly prescribed antibiotics [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background In most developing countries, puerperal sepsis is treated empirically with broad spectrum antibiotics due to lack of resources for culture and antibiotics susceptibility testing.
Raymond Kiponza, Belinda Balandya, Mtebe V. Majigo, Mecky Matee   +3 more
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Associated factors with Puerperal Sepsis among Reproductive Age Women in Nandi County, Kenya [PDF]

Journal of Midwifery & Reproductive Health, 2017
Background & aim: Studies have shown that puerperal sepsis is a major cause of maternal morbidity and the second cause of maternal mortality in the developing world. This study aimed to determine the incidence and management of puerperal sepsis among the
Maritim Violet Chepchirchir, Jackim Nyamari, Margaret Keraka   +2 more
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Birthing practices of traditional birth attendants in South Asia in the context of training programmes [PDF]

, 2010
Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) training has been an important component of public health policy interventions to improve maternal and child health in developing countries since the 1970s.
Adamson, P., Armstrong, P., Bajpai, S., Bajpai, S., Bajpai, S., Banerjee, A., Banerjee, A., Bhardwaj, N., Bhutta, Z.A., Brown, H., Carpenter, J.P., Chaudhury, N., Chirmulay, D., Dalmiya, V., Das, B.K., Fatmi, Z., Gavin Turrell, Guha, S., Helen Johnson, Hitesh, J., Hota, P.K., Isenalumbe, A.E., Jeffery, R., Jeffery, R., Jennifer Fraser, John, T.J., Kausar, F., Khan, M.E., Khandekar, J., Kitzinger, S., Kumar, R., Lak, D., Lettenmaier, C., Maitra, K., Mashelkar, R.A., Mathews, Z., Mathews, Z., Mesko, N., Misra, R., Nagadeve, D.A., Nandan, D., Nandan, D., Pfitzer, A., Pinto, S., Raina, N., Ram, K., Rodgers, K.A., Saeed Ali, T., Shariff, A., Sheela Saravanan, Smale, M., Smith, D., Smith, D., Smith, D., Sreeramareddy, C.T., Srivastava, S.P., Unnithan, M.K., Van Hollen, C.   +57 more
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A study of aerobic and anaerobic bacterial profile along with In vitro antibiotic susceptibility pattern in cases of puerperal, postabortion sepsis in a Tertiary Care Hospital

CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2020
Background: Puerperal pyrexia and sepsis are still among the leading causes of preventable maternal morbidity and mortality both in developing and developed countries. The study was aimed to determine the causative organisms, risk factors, and antibiotic
Tanusri Haldar, Kalidas Rit, Nupur Pal
doaj   +1 more source

Health System Support for Childbirth care in Southern Tanzania: Results from a Health Facility Census. [PDF]

, 2013
Progress towards reaching Millennium Development Goals four (child health) and five (maternal health) is lagging behind, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, despite increasing efforts to scale up high impact interventions.
A Jahn, A Nyamtema, A Nyamtema, A Pembe, AMDD, B Moller, BL Sorensen, C Kurowski, C McCord, C Pereira, C Ronsmans, Carine Ronsmans, Claudia Hanson, D Elbourne, D Urassa, D Urassa, F Manzi, F Manzi, Fatuma Manzi, G Bosse, G Mbaruku, Godfrey Mbaruku, H Kidanto, Hassan Mshinda, I Sorbye, J Armstrong Schellenberg, Jenny Jaribu, JK Rajaratnam, Joanna Schellenberg, JRMA Schellenberg, K Gross, K Makowiecka, L Gilson, M Kayongo, M Kruk, M Mrisho, M Sarker, Marcel Tanner, ME Kruk, ME Kruk, ME Kruk, Ministry of Health & Civil Service Department Tanzania, Ministry of Health (RCHS/NMCP), JHPIEGO, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of Health-RCHS, GTZ, MY Yakoob, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Tanzania, ICF Macro, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Tanzania, Macro International Inc, OE Olsen, OM Campbell, R Pattinson, RE Black, S Cousens, S Penfold, S Scott, Stata Statistical Software, Suzanne Penfold, United Republic of Tanzania, Ministry of Health - Reproductive and Child Health Section, Werner Maokola, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, AMMD, WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, The World Bank Group, WHO, UNICEF, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, The World Bank, ØE Olsen   +68 more
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Analysis of a Streptococcus pyogenes puerperal sepsis cluster using whole-genome sequencing [PDF]

, 2012
Between June and November 2010, a concerning rise in the number of cases of puerperal sepsis, a postpartum pelvic bacterial infection contracted by women after childbirth, was observed in the New South Wales, Australia, hospital system.
Alikhan, Aziz, Aziz, Beall, Beres, Brenciani, C. Venturini, Carver, Croucher, Darenberg, Darling, De Costa, Gilbert, Green, Green, Harris, Hussein, Kwast, Larsen, Lewis, Li, Li, M. J. Walker, Maharaj, Mihaila-Amrouche, N. L. Ben Zakour, Noakes, Rasko, Raymond, S. A. Beatson, Sitkiewicz, Sitkiewicz, Stalhammar-Carlemalm, the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance/Emerging Infections Program Network, the members of the Infection Control Program, WHO, WHO, Zerbino   +37 more
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Compliance with focused antenatal care services: do health workers in rural Burkina Faso, Uganda and Tanzania perform all ANC procedures? [PDF]

, 2012
\ud \ud To assess health workers' compliance with the procedures set in the focused antenatal care (ANC) guidelines in rural Uganda, Tanzania and Burkina Faso; to compare the compliance within and among the three study sites; and to appraise the logistic
Anya, Bhatia, Bloom, Boller, Brabin, Campbell, Carroli, Coetzee, Duley, Gloyd, Hogan, Idowu, Khan, Marchant, McDermott, McDonagh, Meda, Mendoza, Miaffo, Mwaniki, Osungbade, Pandit, Pembe, Rooney, Rosenberg, Sarker, Starrs, Steer, Steer, Urassa, Urassa, Villar, von Both, von Dadelszen, Walsh, Watson-Jones, WHO, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, & The World Bank   +37 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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Puerperal septic shock and necrotizing fasciitis caused by and [PDF]

Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine, 2018
Puerperal sepsis is one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Postpartum pelvic infections can cause various complications, including wound infections and necrotizing fasciitis.
Yu-Jin Koo
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Providing education and tools increases nurses’ and midwives’ assessment for puerperal sepsis in a regional referral hospital in South Western Uganda

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2022
Background: Puerperal sepsis causes at least 75,000 maternal deaths every year, mostly in low-income countries. Early identification of sepsis and initiation of sepsis care bundles are crucial the survival of patients.
Rachel Luwaga, MNS,BNS, Esther Beebwa, MNS,BNS,RN, Joseph Ngonzi, PHD,MMED,MBCHB, Timothy Nduhukire, MMED,MBCHB, Laura Brennaman, PHD, RN,CEN   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source