A rare case of urosepsis in pregnancy
Journal Title: Journal of Medical and Scientific Research - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Urinary infections are common during pregnancy, affecting 10-15% of women and the infection is recurrent in up to 10% of women. The development of a renal abscess secondary to acute pyelonephritis is uncommon during pregnancy. Acute pyelonephritis complicates 1-2% of pregnancies. Severe manifestations like sepsis occur in neglected cases. Profound hypoglycemia is typically a late phenomenon in patients with severe bacterial septicemia which is a rare complication in urosepsis. A case of urosepsis with profound hypoglycemia in pregnancy which was almost fatal for the mother but recovered with prompt recognition and treatment is reported here.
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Manjula R, Usha G, Panchampreet K, Shruti M, Jahnavi P
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- DOI 10.17727/JMSR.2016/4-022
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