title: Life-threatening infections in pregnancy.
abstract: Infection remains a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Those entities that are most likely to threaten the life of the pregnant woman have been reviewed. Although intrapartum and postpartum pelvic infections consitute the majority such serious infections in pregnancy, attention has also been called to several less frequent but potentially lethal nonpelvic infections.
mesh_terms: D004716:Endometritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D005321:Extraembryonic Membranes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000382:microbiology; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000209:etiology; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy