Escherichia coli septic shock following second-trimester amniocentesis

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 463-464

  Tebes, Stephen ^a,b   Zakhary, Atef S ^a   Spellacy, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Harbourside Medical Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Escherichia coli; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEPTIC SHOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 23944440382     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086833     Document Type: Article

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