Childbed fever
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Postpartum infections | |
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Other names | Puerperal fever, childbed fever, maternal sepsis, maternal infection, puerperal infections |
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Streptococcus pyogenes (red-stained spheres) is responsible for many cases of severe puerperal fever. | |
Medical specialty | Obstetrics |
Symptoms | Fever, lower abdominal pain, bad-smelling vaginal discharge[1] |
Causes | Typically multiple types of bacteria[1] |
Risk factors | Caesarean section, premature rupture of membranes, prolonged labour, malnutrition, diabetes[1][2] |
Treatment | Antibiotics[1] |
Frequency | 11.8 million[3] |
Deaths | 17,900[4] |
Childbed fever is an bacterial infection of the female reproductive tract, which occurs after a woman has given birth or after a miscarriage. It is also known as postpartum infection, or puerperal fever. In the developed world, it affects about one to two percent of all births. It can develop into a life-threatening sepsis. Cesarean section is one of the risk factors. For this reason, all women undergoing a Cesarean section receive antibiotics.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Williams Obstetrics (24 ed.). McGraw-Hill Professional. 2014. ISBN 978-0-07-179893-8.
- ↑ WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of maternal peripartum infections. World Health Organization. 2015. ISBN 978-92-4-154936-3. PMID 26598777.
- ↑ GBD 2015 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators (2016). "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet. p. 1045-1602. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31678-6. PMC 5055577. PMID 27733282.
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