Infectious Comorbidities Encountered in Obstetrics and Neonatology

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Bacterial Profile, Antibacterial Resistance Pattern, and Associated Factors from Women Attending Postnatal Health Service at University of Gondar Teaching Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

“…There was also an association of developing bacterial infection with premature rapture of membrane ( p = 0.018). This is in line with studies conducted in Jimma [4], Tanzania [11], Hong Kong [28], and Brazil [29]. This might be due to the fact that having a premature rapture of membrane could expose women to various injuries, which again enable pathogenic bacteria to have suitable environment to cause infection.…”

“…Annually the global estimate of SSIs is from 0.5% to 15%; this leads to an estimate of 358,000 maternal deaths in the world, of which 99% were in developing countries and half of which were in Sub-Saharan Africa; besides death, women who are exposed to peripartum infections are at risk of severe morbidity and long-term disabilities such as chronic pelvic pain, fallopian tube blockage, secondary infertility, and prematurity of the child [11, 12]. The risk of SSI was associated with premature rupture of membranes, prolonged labour, malnutrition, diabetes mellitus, obesity, lack of preincision antimicrobial care, which increases patients hospital stay, readmission, cost of care, and mortality [13, 14].…”