Puerperal Clostridium perfringens sepsis in a patient with granulocytopenia.
We present a lethal case of fulminant puerperal sepsis with massive hemolysis after cesarean section in a patient with intermittent granulocytopenia.
Nadisauskiene
Ruta J
RJ
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Kliucinskas
Mindaugas
M
Vitkauskiene
Astra
A
Minkauskiene
Meile
M
Vaitkiene
Daiva
D
D000328:Adult; D000380:Agranulocytosis / Q000150:complications*; D003016:Clostridium perfringens; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*