Fatal acute spontaneous endometritis resulting from Clostridium sordelli.
Intrauterine clostridial infections have historically been associated with puerperal sepsis, often subsequent to instrumented abortions. Isolated reports have been associated with a malignant neoplasm or degenerating leiomyoma, most often after instrumentation, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy. In these cases, well-known risk factors or obvious niduses for growth and causation of disease were identified. The authors report a case of fatal spontaneous endometritis resulting from Clostridum sordellii, which, to their knowledge, has not been previously reported in the literature. Characteristics of this rare virulent human pathogen are discussed.
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Department of Pathology, Good Samaritan Hospital, Corvallis, Oregon 97339.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003015:Clostridium Infections; D004716:Endometritis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans