Articles: disease.
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Review Case Reports
Streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome as an unusual complication of laparoscopic tubal ligation. A case report.
Toxic shock-like syndrome due to Streptococcus pyogenes is an unusual occurrence. Previously reported cases have been the result of focal infections with S pyogenes. We present a case in which manipulation of a colonized mucosal surface during laparoscopic tubal ligation was the presumed cause of the sepsis syndrome. Whereas other reports of this syndrome have all noted concurrent infections with S pyogenes, in this instance it was unclear if toxin-mediated disease was initiated by mild endometritis or iatrogenic manipulation of a colonized mucosal surface.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
AIDS education for primary school children in Tanzania: an evaluation study.
To test the effects of an HIV/AIDS education program. ⋯ These results indicate that it is feasible and effective to provide AIDS education for Tanzanian primary school children.
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To assess the effect of introducing consensus guidelines on avoidable blood transfusions in Mwanza region, Tanzania. ⋯ The development and introduction of consensus guidelines was not sufficient to change prescribing practice. The proportion of avoidable blood transfusions decreased only in hospitals where compliance was maintained through regular clinic meetings and strict supervision by senior medical staff.
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Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. · Aug 1994
Low amniotic fluid glucose levels are a specific but not a sensitive marker for subclinical intrauterine infections in patients in preterm labor with intact membranes.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of a low amniotic fluid glucose level, as defined by previously published thresholds, to identify a subclinical intrauterine infection in women in preterm labor with intact membranes. ⋯ Low amniotic fluid glucose levels are a specific but not a sensitive marker for either intraamniotic or extra-amniotic intrauterine infections in patients with preterm labor.