Group A streptococcal puerperal sepsis with retroperitoneal involvement developing in a late postpartum woman: Case report

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 730-732

  Okumura, Keiko ^a   Schroff, Richard ^a   Campbell, Rwanda ^a   Nishioka, Lucas ^a   Elster, Eric ^b,c  

^a United States Naval Hospital Yokosuka   (Japan)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; PUERPERIUM; RETROPERITONEUM; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 4544230568     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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