Infections in Pregnancy An Evidence-Based Approach

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.

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.