Fatal sepsis in a pregnant woman with pyelonephritis caused by Escherichia coli bearing Dr and P adhesins: Diagnosis based on postmortem strain genotyping

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 266-269

  Sledzinska A ^a   Mielech, A ^b   Krawczyk, B ^b   Samet, A ^a   Nowicki, B ^c   Nowicki, S ^c   Jankowski, Z ^a   Kur, J ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DR ADHESIN; NITROFURANTOIN; P ADHESIN; PARACETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEPSIS; URINALYSIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AUTOPSY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PYELONEPHRITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650403555     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02732.x     Document Type: Article

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