Infections in Pregnancy

Verified by current World Health Organization and country-specific classifications, this comprehensive single volume effectively engages with the diagnosis and management of viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases that affect women in pregnancy. This comprehensive book provides focused, relevant information on newer viruses causing epidemics, including Dengue, Chikungunya and the Zika virus. With today's ease of world migration, this text covers infections found in both tropical and temperate climates, highlighting newer and rapid diagnostic methods, particularly for resource-poor settings, and clinicians working in remote and diverse locations. Designed for professionals with busy schedules, this guide provides efficient solutions and relevant information regarding investigation, diagnosis and treatment of common maternal infections, worldwide.

    References new World Health Organization classifications and country-specific guidelines in each chapter
    Highlights efficient solutions to new and emerging infections affecting pregnant patients
    Spans remote and diverse locations, for practitioners working worldwide
    Designed as a quick-reference work, for professionals working to tight deadlines

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Foreword
Preface
1. Vaccination in pregnancy Akanksha Sood
2. Viral hepatitis Rashda Imran
3. HIV Maimoona Ahmed
4. Herpes infections Rashda Iman
5. Zika virus Youssef Abo Elwan
6. Parvovirus Mohammed Hamed
7. Influenza Adel Elkady, Prabha Sinha and Soad Hassan
8. Cytomegalovirus Tarek El Shamy
9. Dengue fever Adel Elkady, Prabha Sinha and Soad Hassan
10. Rubella Rania Ahmed Mostafa
11. Molluscum contagiosum Adel Elkady, Prabha Sinha and Soad Hassan
12. Ebola Adel Elkady, Prabha Sinha and Soad Hassan
13. Chikungunya Shabnum Sibtain
14. Antibiotics during pregnancy and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Adel Elkady, Prabha Sinha and Soad Hassan
15. Gonorrhea, syphilis and lymphogranuloma venereum Nutan Mishra
16. Mycoplasma, ureaplasma, chancroid, granuloma inguinale (Donovanosis) Nutan Mishra
17. Genital Chlamydia trachomatis and bacterial vaginosis Adel Elkady, Prabha Sinha and Soad Hassan
18. Streptococcal infection Rachana Dwivedi
19. Enterococci and bacterial infections Varsha S. Puranik
20. Listeriosis Adel Elkady, Prabha Sinha and Soad Hassan
21. Urinary tract infection Ashok Kumar
22. Infections and preterm labour Christine Helmy Samuel Azer
23. Appendicitis in pregnancy Christine Helmy Samuel Azer
24. Infectious complications associated with legal termination of pregnancy Christine Helmy Samuel Azer
25. Tuberculosis Maimoona Ahmed
26. Vulvo vaginitis, Candida (yeast) infection Adel Elkady, Prabha Sinha and Soad Hassan
27. Malaria Bhavya Balasubramanya
28. Parasitic infestation: protozoa Mithila B. Prasad
29. Puerperal sepsis Christine Helmy Samuel Azer
30. Puerperal endometritis Christine Helmy Samuel Azer
31. Puerperal mastitis Christine Helmy Samuel Azer
32. Breast abscess Christine Helmy Samuel Azer
33. Pelvic inflammatory disease Ahmed Khalil
Index.

Adel Elkady is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the International College of surgeons since 1972. Dr Elkady has great, clinical experience, across the UK, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. As registrar at Queens University Hospitals, he has taught medical students, nurses, midwives, and doctors, alongside instructing many Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) courses organised by the Royal College, London University hospitals and the Whipps Cross Hospitals. Dr Elkady is also an editor of Mastering Single Best Answer Questions for the Part 2 MRCOG Examination (Cambridge, 2017).

Prabha Sinha is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) with more than thirty years clinical experience in the NHS. She has been an examiner for MRCOG 2 and PLAB, GMC for more than fifteen years. She is a Peer Reviewer of many Green-top Guidelines for RCOG and is the author of eight books. She has received the Ethicon and Menopause Travel Awards RCOG and nine NHS Excellence awards.

Soad Hassan has been a Professor of microbiology at Alexandria University, since 1980.