Fulminant leukemoid reaction due to postpartum Clostridium sordellii infection

Clostridium sordellii is gram positive anaerobic spore forming rod and it has been demonstrated to cause gas gangrene, refractory shock, leukemoid reaction, and pleuroperitoneal effusion due to capillary leak. We report here a case of postpartum female who presented with leukemoid reaction, ascites,...

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Autores principales: Agrawal, Prabhat, Garg, Ruchika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326079
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.103899
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description Clostridium sordellii is gram positive anaerobic spore forming rod and it has been demonstrated to cause gas gangrene, refractory shock, leukemoid reaction, and pleuroperitoneal effusion due to capillary leak. We report here a case of postpartum female who presented with leukemoid reaction, ascites, pleural effusion, and shock without fever 7 days after normal vaginal home delivery.
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spelling pubmed-35435412013-01-16 Fulminant leukemoid reaction due to postpartum Clostridium sordellii infection Agrawal, Prabhat Garg, Ruchika J Glob Infect Dis Case Report Clostridium sordellii is gram positive anaerobic spore forming rod and it has been demonstrated to cause gas gangrene, refractory shock, leukemoid reaction, and pleuroperitoneal effusion due to capillary leak. We report here a case of postpartum female who presented with leukemoid reaction, ascites, pleural effusion, and shock without fever 7 days after normal vaginal home delivery. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3543541/ /pubmed/23326079 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.103899 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Global Infectious Diseases 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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Fulminant leukemoid reaction due to postpartum Clostridium sordellii infection
title Fulminant leukemoid reaction due to postpartum Clostridium sordellii infection
title_full Fulminant leukemoid reaction due to postpartum Clostridium sordellii infection
title_fullStr Fulminant leukemoid reaction due to postpartum Clostridium sordellii infection
title_full_unstemmed Fulminant leukemoid reaction due to postpartum Clostridium sordellii infection
title_short Fulminant leukemoid reaction due to postpartum Clostridium sordellii infection
title_sort fulminant leukemoid reaction due to postpartum clostridium sordellii infection
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326079
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.103899
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