Vaginal smears have been collected from 520 delivering women for bacteriological evaluation and analysis of the relationship between present organisms with puerperal fever. A relationship between the composition of vaginal flora before labour and pathological organisms isolated during puerperal fever has been shown. Presence of the exogenous source of infections has also been confirmed.
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January 2025
Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam.
is a Gram-positive bacterium, also known as Group A (GAS), that has become a significant threat to the healthcare system, infecting more than 18 million people and resulting in more than 500,000 deaths annually worldwide. GAS infection rates decreased gradually during the 20th century in Western countries, largely due to improved living conditions and access to antibiotics. However, post-COVID-19, the situation has led to a steep increase in GAS infection rates in Europe, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, which triggers a global concern.
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January 2025
Department of Pharmacy/Evidence-Based Pharmacy Center, West China Second, University Hospital, Sichuan University; Children's Medicine Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu; NMPA Key Laboratory for Technical Research on Drug Products in Vitro and in Vivo Correlation, Chengdu; Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, Chengdu; Chinese Evidence-based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan Universit. Electronic address:
Background: While guidelines suggest administering antibiotics 12 to 18 hours after the rupture of membranes in term premature rupture of membranes (PROM) women, in practice, clinicians tend to initiate prophylactic antibiotics as soon as possible to avoid risk of infection.
Objective: This study aimed to assess whether early administration of prophylactic antibiotics for term premature rupture of membranes reduces the incidence of maternal and neonatal infections.
Study Design: This multi-center, prospective cohort study included women with term premature rupture of membranes.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol
January 2025
From the Department of Pathology, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine.
Necrotizing wound infections are potentially lethal complications of surgeries, including cesarean deliveries. A 32-year-old female with obesity and hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) underwent uncomplicated cesarean section. Four days later, she developed abdominal pain and imaging showed ascites; she was treated with antibiotics.
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January 2025
Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, China.
Objective: Non-puerperal mastitis (NPM) is an inflammatory breast disease affecting women during non-lactation periods, and it is prone to relapse after being cured. Accurate prediction of its recurrence is crucial for personalized adjuvant therapy, and pathological examination is the primary basis for the classification, diagnosis, and confirmation of non-puerperal mastitis. Currently, there is a lack of recurrence models for non-puerperal mastitis.
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December 2024
Urogynecology, Advanced Center for Urogynecology Private Limited, Chennai, IND.
Background Obesity is postulated to be a high-risk factor for thrombosis along with the inherent hypercoagulability of pregnancy. The Confidential Review of Maternal Deaths (CRMD) found that thrombosis was one of the major causes of maternal deaths in Kerala. This study investigates the major risk factor - obesity and its association with thrombosis in our study setting, along with other risk factors.
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