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Pregnant women admitted with urinary tract infections to a public sector hospital in South Africa: Are there lessons to learn?

Published in: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 31 , issue 3 , 2016 , pages: 79–83

DOI: 10.1080/23120053.2016.1156305

Author(s): Francois de Paul Siemefo Kamgang Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Women’s Health and HIV Research Group, South Africa , Hopolang C Maise Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Women’s Health and HIV Research Group, South Africa , Jagidesa Moodley Women’s Health and HIV Research Group, South Africa

Keywords: obstetric complications , positive urine cultures , pregnancy , urinary tract infections

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Abstract

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is associated with poor maternal and foetal outcomes. There is little information on UTI in pregnancy in South Africa.

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