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ArticleReproductive health2016

Diagnostic methods to determine microbiology of postpartum endometritis in South Asia: laboratory methods protocol used in the Postpartum Sepsis Study: a prospective cohort study.

Sadia Shakoor, Megan E Reller, Amnesty LeFevre, Aneeta Hotwani, Shahida M Qureshi, Farheen Yousuf, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Nicholas Connor, Iftekhar Rafiqullah, Fatima Mir and 5 more

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Article in Reproductive health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Sadia ShakoorDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, Pakistan. sadia.shakoor@aku.edu.
Megan E RellerDivision of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, USA. mreller1@jhmi.edu.
Amnesty LeFevreDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, USA. alefevre@jhsph.edu.
Aneeta HotwaniDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, Pakistan. aneeta.hotwani@aku.edu.
Shahida M QureshiDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, Pakistan. shahida.qureshi@aku.edu.
Farheen YousufDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, Pakistan. farheen.yousuf@aku.edu.
Mohammad Shahidul IslamThe Child Health Research Foundation, Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Sher-E-Banglanagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. msohag10@yahoo.com.
Nicholas ConnorThe Child Health Research Foundation, Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Sher-E-Banglanagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. connorne@icddrb.org.
Iftekhar RafiqullahThe Child Health Research Foundation, Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Sher-E-Banglanagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. iftekharrafiqullah@gmail.com.
Fatima MirDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, Pakistan. fatima.mir@aku.edu.
Shabina ArifDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, Pakistan. shabina.ariff@aku.edu.
Sajid SoofiDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Women & Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, Pakistan. sajid.soofi@aku.edu.
Linda A BartlettDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, USA. linda.bartlett@jhu.edu.
Samir SahaThe Child Health Research Foundation, Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Sher-E-Banglanagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. samirk.sks@gmail.com.
ANISA-Postpartum Sepsis Study Group
Aga Khan University · PKBangladesh Shishu (Children) Hospital & Institute · BDJohns Hopkins University · USChild Health Research Foundation · BD

Funding

Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Enteric Health and Malnutrition in Pakistan (PIDEMP) Research Training ProgramD43TW007585 · FIC · AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY (PAKISTAN) · PI ALI, SYED ASAD, MOORE, SEAN RYAN · 2006 to 2024
$3.7M
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW007585
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe South Asian region has the second highest risk of maternal death in the world. To prevent maternal deaths due to sepsis and to decrease the maternal mortality ratio as per the World Health Organization Millenium Development Goals, a better understanding of the etiology of endometritis and related sepsis is required. We describe microbiological laboratory methods used in the maternal Postpartum Sepsis Study, which was conducted in Bangladesh and Pakistan, two populous countries in South Asia. METHODS/

designPostpartum maternal fever in the community was evaluated by a physician and blood and urine were collected for routine analysis and culture. If endometritis was suspected, an endometrial brush sample was collected in the hospital for aerobic and anaerobic culture and molecular detection of bacterial etiologic agents (previously identified and/or plausible). DISCUSSION: The results emanating from this study will provide microbiologic evidence of the etiology and susceptibility pattern of agents recovered from patients with postpartum fever in South Asia, data critical for the development of evidence-based algorithms for management of postpartum fever in the region.

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Asymptomatic InfectionsAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriuriaBangladeshCohort StudiesCommunity Health WorkersCulturally Competent CareDeveloping CountriesDisk Diffusion Antimicrobial TestsEndometritisEndometriumFemaleGram-Negative BacteriaGram-Positive BacteriaHouse CallsAnti-Bacterial Agents

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PMID26916013
PMCPMC4766642
OpenAlexW2277533933

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