Maternal sepsis incidence, aetiology and outcome for mother and fetus: A prospective study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 663-671

  Knowles, S J ^a   O'Sullivan, N P ^b   Meenan, A M ^b   Hanniffy, R ^b   Robson, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Pathology Research Laboratory   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fetal loss; maternal sepsis; perinatal mortality; preterm

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MICROORGANISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NULLIPARA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORTALITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHERS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS;

EID: 84925063732     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12892     Document Type: Article

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