Lower risk of invasive meningococcal disease during pregnancy: National prospective surveillance in England, 2011–2014
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology May 19, 2019
Parikh SR, et al. - Researchers conducted a prospective enhanced national surveillance for invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) to delineate cases of IMD in women of childbearing age. In addition, they compared pregnant with non-pregnant women regarding the disease incidence and relative risk of IMD. They identified 1502 cases of IMD in females across England during the 4-year surveillance period; of these, women of reproductive age comprised 310 (20.6%) cases, including four women who were pregnant at the time of IMD confirmation (1.3%). Findings revealed nearly five times less tendency to develop IMD among pregnant women than non-pregnant women. However, the infection can occur across all trimesters and can be severe.
Go to Original
Only Doctors with an M3 India account can read this article. Sign up for free or login with your existing account.
4 reasons why Doctors love M3 India
-
Exclusive Write-ups & Webinars by KOLs
-
Daily Quiz by specialty
-
Paid Market Research Surveys
-
Case discussions, News & Journals' summaries