Uterine gas gangrene through clostridium perfringens sepsis after uterus rupture postpartum;Uteriner gasbrand mit clostridium perfringens sepsis nach intrapartaler gedeckter uterusruptur

Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 167-172

  Montavon, Céline ^a   Krause, E ^a   Holzgreve, W ^a   Hosli I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Postpartum hysterectomy; Uterine gas gangrene

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TAZOBACTAM;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAEROBIC INFECTION; AXILLA; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DEBRIDEMENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FASCIA; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; METRITIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS RUPTURE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; WOUND;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 28944437730     PISSN: 09482393     EISSN: 14391651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-873202     Document Type: Review

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