TY - JOUR AU - Kiponza, Raymond AU - Balandya, Belinda AU - Majigo, Mtebe V. AU - Matee, Mecky PY - 2019 DA - 2019/08/05 TI - Laboratory confirmed puerperal sepsis in a national referral hospital in Tanzania: etiological agents and their susceptibility to commonly prescribed antibiotics JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 690 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - In most developing countries, puerperal sepsis is treated empirically with broad spectrum antibiotics due to lack of resources for culture and antibiotics susceptibility testing. However, empirical treatment does not guarantee treatment success and may promote antimicrobial resistance. We set to determine etiological agents and susceptibility pattern to commonly prescribed antimicrobial agents, among women suspected of puerperal sepsis, and admitted at Muhimbili National Hospital. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4324-5 DO - 10.1186/s12879-019-4324-5 ID - Kiponza2019 ER -