Vernix caseosa peritonitis as a rare complication of cesarean section: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 547-550

  Tawfik, Ossama ^a,b,c   Prather, Jennifer ^b   Bhatia, Paramjit ^a   Woodroof, Janet ^a   Gunter, Jennifer ^b   Webb, Patricia ^a  

^a Pathology and Laboratory Medicine   (United States)

^b Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Peritonitis; Vernix caseosa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DRAINAGE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; PERITONITIS; PREGNANCY; VERNIX CASEOSA;

EID: 0031842838     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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