Incidence of postpartum infection, outcomes and associated risk factors at Mbarara regional referral hospital in Uganda

BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of recent prospective data on the incidence of postpartum infections and associated risk factors in sub-Saharan Africa. Retrospective studies estimate that puerperal sepsis causes approximately 10% of maternal deaths in Africa. METHODS: We enrolled 4231 women presentin...

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Published in:BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
Main Authors: Ngonzi, Joseph, Bebell, Lisa M., Fajardo, Yarine, Boatin, Adeline A., Siedner, Mark J., Bassett, Ingrid V., Jacquemyn, Yves, Van geertruyden, Jean-Pierre, Kabakyenga, Jerome, Wylie, Blair J., Bangsberg, David R., Riley, Laura E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6022296/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29954356
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1891-1
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