Practitioner care and screening guidelines for infants born to chlamydia-positive mothers

Popovich, Debbie; McAlhany, Allison

doi:10.1053/j.nainr.2003.12.004

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“…This was reported by previous studies. 1,38 CT infection during pregnancy may continue after delivery causing endometritis, salpingitis or PID, which may present as post-partum fever.…”

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Chlamydia trachomatis infection and maternal outcomes in Southern Ghana

Siakwa

Kpikpitse

Azanu

et al. 2016

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: Despite the fact that Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection in pregnancy is known to have grave impact on maternal and neonatal health, routine CT screening in pregnancy is not available in Ghana The main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and adverse maternal outcomes of CT infection among pregnant women attending antennal clinic at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. Methods: Two hundred and thirty two (232) pregnant women screened for CT infection by PCR were purposively selected and enrolled into the study after informed consent had been obtained. They included one hundred and twelve (112) participants with positive CT (cases) and 120 participants without CT infections (control). A structured questionnaire was used to collect their socio demographic, obstetric and medical history. They were monitored thereafter and data on maternal outcomes were collected. Results: The prevalence of CT infection was 5.6% (112/2014). A history of STI/UTI (p<0.001) spontaneous abortion (p=0.02), preterm labour (p<0.001) and intrapartum or postpartum fever (p<0.001) were found to be associated with CT infection. However a history of Stillbirth, PID and having been treated for infertility were not associated with CT infection. Participants with CT infection were more likely to have PROM (p<0.001) and FSL (p<0.001) than those who were not infected. Parity and mode of delivery on the other hand were not associated with CT infection. Conclusions: To alleviate the adverse maternal outcomes, screening for CT infection in pregnancy should be offered routinely to pregnant women to promote early detection and treatment.

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“…This was reported by previous studies. 1,38 CT infection during pregnancy may continue after delivery causing endometritis, salpingitis or PID, which may present as post-partum fever.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Chlamydia trachomatis infection and maternal outcomes in Southern Ghana

Siakwa

Kpikpitse

Azanu

et al. 2016

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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“…Nitrates are very soluble and do not bind to soils; therefore, they have a high potential to migrate to groundwater sources. Using nitrate contaminated groundwater as drinking water may cause serious health prob-_________________________ lems [9]. Ion exchange and reverse osmosis (RO) are the most frequently used treatment technologies for nitrate removal which are expensive ex-situ techniques.…”

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In-situ nitrate remediation using nano iron/nickel particles

Tehrani¹,

Vossoughi²,

Shamsai³

2014

Environ. Protect. Eng.

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Originally, the application of nano zero valent iron/nickel (nZVI/Ni) particles for nitrate removal in porous media was studied. nZVI/Ni was prepared and employed in batch and continuous modes. Based on batch experiments, the reaction kinetics was consistent with the adsorption model by the order of 1-1.5. The variation of the kinetics order depends on pH and nickel content. So that highest reactivity was observed for nZVI with 10% of Ni at pH ≤ 3. Nitrate remediation in a continuous system was mostly influenced by seepage velocity, quantity and freshness of nZVI/Ni and particle size of porous media. In a batch mode, the maximum nitrate removal was 99% while in a continuous mode it did not exceed 85%.

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Practitioner care and screening guidelines for infants born to chlamydia-positive mothers

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Chlamydia trachomatis infection and maternal outcomes in Southern Ghana

Chlamydia trachomatis infection and maternal outcomes in Southern Ghana

In-situ nitrate remediation using nano iron/nickel particles

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