Puerperal Clostridium perfringens sepsis in a patient with granulocytopenia

Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2008;65(1):32-4. doi: 10.1159/000106763. Epub 2007 Aug 3.

Authors

Ruta J Nadisauskiene¹, Mindaugas Kliucinskas, Astra Vitkauskiene, Meile Minkauskiene, Daiva Vaitkiene

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital, Kaunas, Lithuania.

PMID: 17675887
DOI: 10.1159/000106763

Abstract

We present a lethal case of fulminant puerperal sepsis with massive hemolysis after cesarean section in a patient with intermittent granulocytopenia.

(c) 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Agranulocytosis / complications*
Clostridium perfringens*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Gas Gangrene / microbiology*
Humans
Puerperal Infection / microbiology*
Sepsis / microbiology*