A clinical and microbiological study of puerperal sepsis in a tertiary care hospital in India.

Jayasree VanukuruRashmi BaggaTanuja MuthyalaVikas GautamSunil SethiVanita JainPooja Sikka

Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2018)

Escherichia coli was the commonest pathogen and was uniformly sensitive to amikacin, which may be included among the initial antibiotics to treat puerperal sepsis in India.

Keyphrases

escherichia coli
acute kidney injury
intensive care unit
septic shock
candida albicans
staphylococcus aureus
cystic fibrosis
klebsiella pneumoniae
multidrug resistant