Life-threatening puerperal infection with group A streptococcus

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 412-413

  Gergis, Hazem ^a   Barik, Sukumar ^a   Lim, Kelvin ^a   Porter, William ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0032843205     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689909200811     Document Type: Article

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