Septic abortion complicated by infective endocarditis, mitral valve vegetation, and septic and reactive arthritis: A case report [PDF]
Case Reports in Women's Health, 2022 Background: Septic abortion with multisystem involvement is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Access to care and legalization of abortion have greatly diminished the incidence of serious sequelae worldwide. Two complications, infective
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Massilia timonae bacteremia: An unusual pathogen of septic abortion [PDF]
IDCases, 2022 Massilia timonae infections in humans have rarely been reported. To the best of our knowledge, M. timonae has not been previously recognized as a causative agent of obstetric or gynecological infections. Timely identification of this unusual pathogen and
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Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis Following Septic Abortion: A Case Report [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsThe case report examines a rare presentation of tricuspid valve infective endocarditis (TVIE) following a septic abortion. A 31‐year‐old female presented with persistent high‐grade fever, chills, and mild vaginal bleeding post medical termination of ...
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Plesiomonas shigelloides: An Unusual Cause of Septic Abortion [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2017 Plesiomonas shigelloides, the only oxidase-positive Enterobacteriaceae, is an inhabitant of freshwater and estuary ecosystems. We report the first possible case of Plesiomonas shigelloides-induced septic abortion. This 24-year-old female was successfully
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Safe abortion – Still a neglected scenario: A study of septic abortions in a tertiary hospital of Rural India [PDF]
Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2010 Background and Aims: In spite abortion has been legalized in India over three decades, unsafe abortion continues to be a significant contributor of maternal mortality and morbidity.
Shritanu Bhattacharya +3 more
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Paeniclostridium sordelli toxic shock syndrome after a septic abortion – A case report [PDF]
IDCasesPaeniclostridium sordellii is a highly virulent, spore-forming, Gram-positive anaerobe responsible for life-threatening infections, including endocarditis, myositis, and toxic shock syndrome.
Greeshmasree Kambam, Robbert Crusio
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Selective Reduction of a Heterotopic Cesarean Scar Pregnancy Complicated by Septic Abortion [PDF]
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2018 Background. Heterotopic pregnancy involving the implantation of an ectopic pregnancy into a prior cesarean scar with a concurrent intrauterine pregnancy is a rare and potentially life-threatening condition with minimal information in the literature to ...
Joan Tymon-Rosario, Meleen Chuang
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Antibiotics for treating septic abortion. [PDF]
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2016 A septic abortion refers to any abortion (spontaneous or induced) complicated by upper genital tract infection including endometritis or parametritis. The mainstay of treatment of septic abortion is antibiotic therapy alone or in combination with evacuation of retained products of conception.
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Prognostic value of the obstetric specific scoring systems and four years’ experience of a tertiary center [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthBackground Obstetric sepsis is a significant and preventable cause of maternal mortality. The obstetric modified SOFA (omSOFA) score was created to diagnose sepsis in this population, and the sepsis in obstetrics score (SOS) was developed to predict the ...
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Journal of University Medical & Dental College, 2020 Unsafe abortion is one of the major health problems in developing countries and a serious concern for women in their reproductive years. Unsafe abortion mostly ending up in septic induced miscarriages, septicemia and septic shock is a leading cause of ...
Mubashra Naz
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