Increased maternal mortality in The Netherlands from group A streptococcal infections

N Schuitemaker; J van Roosmalen; G Dekker; P van Dongen; H van Geijn; J B Gravenhorst

doi:10.1016/s0301-2115(97)00155-3

Increased maternal mortality in The Netherlands from group A streptococcal infections

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1998 Jan;76(1):61-4. doi: 10.1016/s0301-2115(97)00155-3.

Authors

N Schuitemaker¹, J van Roosmalen, G Dekker, P van Dongen, H van Geijn, J B Gravenhorst

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Diakonessenhuis, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 9481549
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-2115(97)00155-3

Abstract

Objective: To assess genital tract sepsis-related maternal mortality in The Netherlands during 1983-1992.

Study design: A nationwide Confidential Enquiry into the causes of maternal death.

Results: Genital tract sepsis-related maternal mortality during 1983-1987 was 0.11 per 100,000 live births (1/893,998) and 0.93 per 100,000 live births (9/968,990) during 1988-1992. The relative risk of dying due to sepsis in the second 5-year period as compared to the first period was 10.1 (1/72 versus 9/72 maternal deaths; 95% CI 1.3-82.3; P < 0.01).

Conclusions: Also in The Netherlands an increase of death due to genital tract sepsis has been observed since the 1980s.

MeSH terms

Female
Fetal Death
Genital Diseases, Female / microbiology
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Netherlands
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / microbiology*
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / mortality
Pregnancy Outcome
Streptococcal Infections / mortality*
Streptococcus pyogenes*