Case report: Group B streptococcal bacteremia and sacroiliitis after mid-trimester dilation and evacuation

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 643-645

  McKenna, T ^a   O'Brien, K ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b South Shore Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DILATION AND EVACUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SACROILIITIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SHOULDER PAIN; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRISOMY 21; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VACUUM CURETTAGE;

EID: 69749121210     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.19     Document Type: Article

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