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Uterine Clostridium perfringens infection related to gynecologic malignancy

Uterine gas gangrene caused by Clostridium perfringens is a serious, often life-threatening infection that is rarely encountered in the practice of gynecologic oncology. However, the hypoxic nature of gynecologic cancers due to necrosis and/or prior radiation therapy creates a microenvironment optim...

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Autores principales: Kremer, Kevin M., McDonald, Megan E., Goodheart, Michael J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5635240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29034307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.09.006