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Necrotizing Fasciitis and Toxic Shock Syndrome from Clostridium septicum following a Term Cesarean Delivery

Necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome are life-threatening conditions that can be seen after any surgical procedure. With only 4 previous published case reports in the obstetrics and gynecology literature of these two conditions occurring secondary to Clostridium septicum, we describe a cas...

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Autores principales: Rimawi, B. H., Graybill, W., Pierce, J. Y., Kohler, M., Eriksson, E. A., Shary, M. T., Crookes, B., Soper, D. E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24822140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/724302
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author Rimawi, B. H.
Graybill, W.
Pierce, J. Y.
Kohler, M.
Eriksson, E. A.
Shary, M. T.
Crookes, B.
Soper, D. E.
author_facet Rimawi, B. H.
Graybill, W.
Pierce, J. Y.
Kohler, M.
Eriksson, E. A.
Shary, M. T.
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description Necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome are life-threatening conditions that can be seen after any surgical procedure. With only 4 previous published case reports in the obstetrics and gynecology literature of these two conditions occurring secondary to Clostridium septicum, we describe a case of necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome occurring after a term cesarean delivery caused by this microorganism, requiring aggressive medical and surgical intervention.
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spelling pubmed-40051432014-05-12 Necrotizing Fasciitis and Toxic Shock Syndrome from Clostridium septicum following a Term Cesarean Delivery Rimawi, B. H. Graybill, W. Pierce, J. Y. Kohler, M. Eriksson, E. A. Shary, M. T. Crookes, B. Soper, D. E. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome are life-threatening conditions that can be seen after any surgical procedure. With only 4 previous published case reports in the obstetrics and gynecology literature of these two conditions occurring secondary to Clostridium septicum, we describe a case of necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome occurring after a term cesarean delivery caused by this microorganism, requiring aggressive medical and surgical intervention. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4005143/ /pubmed/24822140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/724302 Text en Copyright © 2014 B. H. Rimawi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rimawi, B. H.
Graybill, W.
Pierce, J. Y.
Kohler, M.
Eriksson, E. A.
Shary, M. T.
Crookes, B.
Soper, D. E.
Necrotizing Fasciitis and Toxic Shock Syndrome from Clostridium septicum following a Term Cesarean Delivery
title Necrotizing Fasciitis and Toxic Shock Syndrome from Clostridium septicum following a Term Cesarean Delivery
title_full Necrotizing Fasciitis and Toxic Shock Syndrome from Clostridium septicum following a Term Cesarean Delivery
title_fullStr Necrotizing Fasciitis and Toxic Shock Syndrome from Clostridium septicum following a Term Cesarean Delivery
title_full_unstemmed Necrotizing Fasciitis and Toxic Shock Syndrome from Clostridium septicum following a Term Cesarean Delivery
title_short Necrotizing Fasciitis and Toxic Shock Syndrome from Clostridium septicum following a Term Cesarean Delivery
title_sort necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome from clostridium septicum following a term cesarean delivery
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24822140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/724302
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