Fulminant sepsis after second-trimester amniocentesis in pregnant women by in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-220

  Wu, Hsin Hung ^a,b   Yeh, Guang Perng ^a,c   Hsieh, Tsung Che ^a   Lin, Kuo Cherng ^a,b  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Escherichia coli; In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer; Oocyte retrieval; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CURETTAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEATH; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFERTILITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OOCYTE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SEPSIS;

EID: 34247167488     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098721     Document Type: Article

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