Genital tract infections, the vaginal microbiome and gestational age at birth among pregnant women in South Africa: a cohort study protocol

Autor: Nicola Low, Jeffrey D Klausner, Lukas Bütikofer, Janneke H H M van de Wijgert, Remco P H Peters, Christina A Muzny, Christopher M Taylor, Ranjana M S Gigi, Mandisa M Mdingi, Hyunsul Jung, Shantelle Claassen-Weitz

Publikováno v: BMJ Open, Vol 13, Iss 12 (2023)

Introduction Preterm birth complications are the most common cause of death in children under 5 years. The presence of multiple microorganisms and genital tract inflammation could be the common mechanism driving early onset of labour. South Africa ha

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Low prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium infection in pregnant women in Buffalo City district.

Autor: Peters RPH; Research Unit, Foundation for Professional Development, East London, South Africa.; Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.; Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa., Mdingi M; Research Unit, Foundation for Professional Development, East London, South Africa., Jung H; Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa., Mukomana F; Research Unit, Foundation for Professional Development, East London, South Africa., Gigi RMS; Research Unit, Foundation for Professional Development, East London, South Africa.; Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.; Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland., Medina-Marino A; Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States of America., Klausner JD; Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America.

Publikováno v: Southern African journal of infectious diseases [S Afr J Infect Dis] 2023 Jun 15; Vol. 38 (1), pp. 521. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 15 (Print Publication: 2023).

A Call to Standardize the Definition and Method of Assessing Women for Vaginal Discharge Syndrome in Pregnancy.

Autor: Babalola CM; Department of Population and Public Health Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA., Peters RPH; Research Unit, Foundation for Professional Development, East London, South Africa.; Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.; Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa., Mukomana F; Research Unit, Foundation for Professional Development, East London, South Africa., Mdingi M; Research Unit, Foundation for Professional Development, East London, South Africa., Gigi RMS; Research Unit, Foundation for Professional Development, East London, South Africa.; Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland., Muzny CA; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA., Taylor CM; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA., Medina-Marino A; Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA., Klausner JD; Department of Population and Public Health Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Publikováno v: Open forum infectious diseases [Open Forum Infect Dis] 2023 Mar 22; Vol. 10 (4), pp. ofad157. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 22 (Print Publication: 2023).