Toxic shock associated with Clostridium sordellii and Clostridium perfringens after medical and spontaneous abortion

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1027-1033

  Cohen, Adam L ^a   Bhatnagar, Julu ^b   Reagan, Sarah ^b   Zane, Suzanne B ^b   D'Angeli, Marisa A ^b   Fischer, Marc ^b   Killgore, George ^b   Kwan Gett, Tao Sheng ^b   Blossom, David B ^b   Shieh, Wun Ju ^b   Guarner, Jeannette ^b   Jernigan, John ^b   Duchin, Jeffrey S ^b   Zaki, Sherif R ^b   McDonald, L Clifford ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOPAMINE; DOXYCYCLINE; EPHEDRINE; FUROSEMIDE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; ENDOMYOMETRITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDUCED ABORTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINARIA; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; NECROSIS; PREGNANCY; SHOCK, SEPTIC; UTERUS;

EID: 35848959022     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000287291.19230.ba     Document Type: Article

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