Puerperal Clostridium perfringens sepsis in a patient with granulocytopenia

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-34

  Nadisauskiene, Ruta J ^a   Kliucinskas, Mindaugas ^a   Vitkauskiene, Astra ^a   Minkauskiene, Meile ^a,b   Vaitkiene, Daiva ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Lithuania)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Clostridial sepsis; Clostridium perfringens infection; Puerperal sepsis; Uterine gas gangrene

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; HYDROGEN; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROGEN; PENICILLIN G;

ABORTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEGAL ASPECT; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 38349108490     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106763     Document Type: Article

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