Volume 11, Issue Supplement_3, December 2024
Neonatal and Young Infant Infection in Uganda: The PROGRESS Study
Supplement Articles
Etiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Culture-Positive Infections in Ugandan Infants: A Cohort Study of 7000 Neonates and Infants
Nested within a prospective case control study, in this cohort study we describe the etiology of neonatal infections and patterns of antimicrobial resistance in two hospitals in Kampala, Uganda, demonstrating high levels of antimicrobial resistance and inpatient mortality in the first months of life in this setting.
Infectious Causes of Stillbirths: A Descriptive Etiological Study in Uganda
Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental Outcomes After Early Infant Invasive Group B Streptococcal Infection in Uganda
Rapid Point-of-care Testing to Inform Intrapartum Treatment of Group B Streptococcus–Colonized Women in Uganda
The HiberGene Group B Streptococcus loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay demonstrates high sensitivity and specificity for detection of Group B Streptococcus rectovaginal colonization with rapid turnaround time, suggesting its use during labor to enable provision of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis in low-resource settings.
HIV Exposure and Neonatal Sepsis: A Descriptive Etiological Study
Antenatal Screening for Hepatitis B Virus in Uganda: Missed Opportunities for Diagnosis and Treatment
We determined the proportion of pregnant women with active hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection at the moment of delivery in a government-funded hospital in Uganda, and identified a number of missed opportunities to identify HBV infection antenatally and prevent vertical transmission.
