Obgyn Key

Abstract Pregnant women are generally healthy but, as with non-pregnant women, are at risk of developing some infections. Some of these may be exacerbated by pregnancy and some are specific…

Abstract According to research led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, out of the 410 000 cases of GBS detected globally every year, 147 000 end in…

Abstract Chlamydia trachomatis genitourinary infection is a sexually transmitted infection affecting the uterus, the salpinges, the cervix, the urethra and the epididymis. The infection is the most commonly reported bacterial…

Abstract Seven mycoplasmal strains have been isolated from the genital tract, of which Mycoplasma hominis and Mycoplasma genitalium are the commonest. M. genitalium has an unknown incubation period, but symptoms…

Abstract Antibiotics are a group of medicines used for treating infections caused by bacteria and certain parasites but are not effective against viral or fungal infection. They are also called…

Abstract Chikungunya is a vector-borne infection which is caused by the chikungunya virus. It is transmitted to humans by infected female mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus also called tiger…

Abstract Ebola virus disease (EVD) was first recognised in 1976, when there was an outbreak of viral haemorrhagic fever near the Ebola River in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of…

Abstract Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a benign, skin infection. It presents as pearly dome‐shaped papules, with a central dell or depression. It is caused by the molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV)…

Abstract Rubella is an acute viral illness with characteristic maculopapular rash and low-grade fever. Up to 50 per cent of cases may pass unnoticed without any symptoms. The disease occurs…

Abstract Dengue fever is a mosquito-transmitted viral infection. It is common in most tropical and subtropical countries. Approximately 390 million dengue virus infections occur each year, of which 500 000…