Haemophilus influenzae acute endometritis with bacteremia: Case report and literature review

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-236

  Martin, David ^a   Dbouk, Reema H ^a   DeLeon Carnes, Marlene ^b   del Rio, Carlos ^a,c   Guarner, Jeannette ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometritis; Haemophilus influenzae; Pathology; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; NONHUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; UTERUS MYOMA;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTEREMIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 84877805477     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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