Structured Summary
Abstract
An infection occurring in PUERPERIUM, the period of 6-8 weeks after giving birth.
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Synonyms
7 entry terms
- Infection, Puerperal
- Infections, Puerperal
- Puerperal Infections
- Postpartum Sepsis
- Postpartum Sepses
- Sepses, Postpartum
- Sepsis, Postpartum
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32 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
general or unspecified; coordinate IM with specific infection (IM); check the tag FEMALE
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Puerperal Infection. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011645. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011645
- Puerperal Infection. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpartum_infections
- Puerperal Infection. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1419347