Fatal clostridial sepsis after spontaneous abortion

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 99, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 899-901

  Barrett, John P ^a   Whiteside, James L ^a   Boardman, Lori A ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANURIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GAS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TRANSFUSION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTION, SEPTIC; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SEPSIS;

EID: 0036228645     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(01)01590-3     Document Type: Article

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