Fatal puerperal sepsis with necrotising fasciitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-214

  Clad, Andreas ^a   Orlowska Volk, Marzenna ^a   Karck, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN III; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTIAM; CLINDAMYCIN; CREATINE KINASE; D DIMER; THROMBIN; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; EAR; EDEMA; EFFUSION; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MYALGIA; MYOSITIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PERITONITIS; PHLEGMON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERAL FEVER; RASH; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THIGH; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ULTRASOUND; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UTERUS; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0037332081     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.01187.x     Document Type: Article

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