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2293429

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
In a study of 80 babies delivered after prolonged rupture of membranes in Wesley Guild Hospital (WGH), Ilesha, over a 16-month period, 18 (22.5%) were found to have a positive blood culture. Babies with a positive blood culture were more ill (p less than 0.02) and males were significantly more affected by culture proven infection (p less than 0.02). The mortality rate was significantly higher in babies with a positive blood culture (p less than 0.01). The high incidence of septicaemia in this group of babies in our environment may be due to the unhygienic environment from which mothers and babies were referred and delay in presentation. Improved obstetric and neonatal care will therefore reduce the morbidity and mortality due to septicaemia in such babies in Nigeria. Such babies should continue to be treated routinely for presumed infection till facilities for prompt diagnosis of neonatal septicaemia are more readily available.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0041-3232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
217-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
The risk of neonatal septicaemia after prolonged rupture of the membranes in Nigeria.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesha.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article