Maternal sepsis due to Clostridium perfringens after 2nd-trimester genetic amniocentesis

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-340

  Bodner, K ^a,b   Wierrani, F ^a   Bodner Adler, B ^c  

^a Hospital Rudolfstiftung   (Austria)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

AMNIOCENTESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS INFECTION; FETUS DEATH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NOTE; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEPSIS; ULTRASOUND; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SEPSIS;

EID: 79955617233     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2011.556267     Document Type: Note

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