Maternal mortality in a rural Tanzanian hospital: Fatal Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction in a case of relapsing fever in pregnancy

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 138-141

  Rustenhoven Spaan, Ilona ^a,b   Melkert, Peter ^c   Nelissen, Ellen ^a,d   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^e,f   Stekelenburg, Jelle ^g  

^a HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PHC Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g Leeuwarden Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

borreliosis; Jarisch Herxheimer reaction; Maternal mortality; tick borne relapsing fever

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENDOTOXEMIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RELAPSING FEVER; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BORRELIA INFECTION; DEATH; HERXHEIMER REACTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOTOXEMIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MATERNAL DEATH; PENICILLIN G PROCAINE; PREGNANCY; RELAPSING FEVER; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890224103     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049475513497477     Document Type: Article

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