title: [Puerperal septic shock due to beta-hemolytic Streptococcus and Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Anatomia Patológica e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG. stanleyaa@gmail.com
authors.forename: Stanley de Almeida
authors.initials: Sde A
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Ana Maria Arruda
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lana
authors.forename: Paula Piedade
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Pérsio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Godoy
mesh_terms: 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