Table 2. Number of diagnoses (N = 211) in pregnant women (N = 203) with fever.
| DIAGNOSIS | N | % |
| Malaria | 51 | 24.2 |
| P.falciparum n = 28 | ||
| Mixed (P.falciparum & P.vivax) n = 3 | ||
| P.vivax n = 20 | ||
| Pyelonephritis | 41c | 19.4 |
| urine culture positive n = 32a | ||
| urine culture negative n = 9 b | ||
| (Asymptomatic Urinary Tract Infection) | 1 | 0.5 |
| Acute undifferentiated febrile illness | 40 | 19.0 |
| Rickettsiad | 26 | 12.3 |
| Scrub typhus n = 11 | ||
| Murine typhus n = 14 | ||
| Murine+Scrub typhus n = 1 | ||
| Dengue | 20 | 9.5 |
| Acute respiratory infection e | 17 | 8.1 |
| Leptospirosis | 5 | 2.4 |
| Enteric feverf | 2 | 0.9 |
| Suspected chorioamnionitis | 2 | 0.9 |
| Endometritisg | 2 | 0.9 |
| Chicken pox | 1 | 0.5 |
| Cholecystitis | 1 | 0.5 |
| Gastroenteritis | 1 | 0.5 |
| Pyelolithiasis | 1 | 0.5 |
| TOTAL | 211 | 100 |
a
Organisms cultured from urine were Escherichia coli 87.9% (29/33), and one each of Citrobacter sp, Enterococcus sp., Klebsiella sp. and Klebsiella oxytoca.
b
7 of these were pre-treated with antibiotics before urine culture.
c
8 of these women also had E. coli bacteraemia.
d
Confirmation of typhus was by serology in 9 women, serology and PCR in 17 women (murine 7, scrub 9, both 1) and in 3 cases O. tsutsugamushi was isolated from culture (PCR and serology were also positive.).
e
7 upper tract infection and 10 lower tract infection.
f
2 Salmonella typhi bacteraemia.
g
1 of which was Klebsiella spp. Bacteraemia.