[Puerperal septic shock due to beta-hemolytic Streptococcus and Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome].
An exceptional case of a 15-year-old puerpera with septic shock caused by Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus and Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is reported. The findings were observed at the necropsy. The characteristics of the diagnosis, pathogenesis and evolution of this puerperal infection (sepsis), associated with adrenal hemorrhage and insufficiency are reviewed in this paper.
Araújo
Stanley de Almeida
Sde A
Departamento de Anatomia Patológica e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG. stanleyaa@gmail.com
Lana
Ana Maria Arruda
AM
Garcia
Paula Piedade
PP
Godoy
Pérsio
P
D000293:Adolescent; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014884:Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology