An unusual case of fatal pulmonary hemorrhage in pregnancy

Rickettsial diseases are common in Srilanka. The spotted fever group of rickettsiae presents in many ways, including very severe disease causing significant morbidity and mortality. A regional variation of the Rickettsia conorii subspecies and differences in clinical presentations are reported. This...

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Autores principales: Dissanayake, N. L. A, Madegedara, Dushantha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21886958
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.83979
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description Rickettsial diseases are common in Srilanka. The spotted fever group of rickettsiae presents in many ways, including very severe disease causing significant morbidity and mortality. A regional variation of the Rickettsia conorii subspecies and differences in clinical presentations are reported. This case describes disseminated Rickettsia conorii infection in a pregnant woman presenting with endocarditis.
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spelling pubmed-31627612011-09-01 An unusual case of fatal pulmonary hemorrhage in pregnancy Dissanayake, N. L. A Madegedara, Dushantha Lung India Case Report Rickettsial diseases are common in Srilanka. The spotted fever group of rickettsiae presents in many ways, including very severe disease causing significant morbidity and mortality. A regional variation of the Rickettsia conorii subspecies and differences in clinical presentations are reported. This case describes disseminated Rickettsia conorii infection in a pregnant woman presenting with endocarditis. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3162761/ /pubmed/21886958 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.83979 Text en © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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