A rare case of urosepsis in pregnancy

• Main Authors: Manjula R, Usha G, Panchampreet K, Shruti M, Jahnavi P
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: KIMS Foundation and Research Center 2016-03-01
• Series: Journal of Medical and Scientific Research
• Subjects: urosepsis; pyelonephritis; renal abscess; hypoglycemia
• Online Access: http://jmsronline.com/article.aspx?ID=A-rare-case-of-urosepsis-in-pregnancy

Urinary infections are common during pregnancy, affecting 10-15% of women and the infection is recurrent in up to 10% of women. The development of a renal abscess secondary to acute pyelonephritis is uncommon during pregnancy. Acute pyelonephritis complicates 1-2% of pregnancies. Severe manifestations like sepsis occur in neglected cases. Profound hypoglycemia is typically a late phenomenon in patients with severe bacterial septicemia which is a rare complication in urosepsis. A case of urosepsis with profound hypoglycemia in pregnancy which was almost fatal for the mother but recovered with prompt recognition and treatment is reported here.