Obstetric tetanus in an immunized patient

Obstetric tetanus is defined as a C. tetani infection that occurs during pregnancy or within six weeks of delivery. In Peru, there are no reports of obstetric tetanus cases. Here we report a sixth case of obstetric tetanus in a puerperal woman who underwent curettage for postpartum hemorrhage, despi...

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Autores principales: Principe-Collazos, Junior, Ramos-Yataco, Anthony, Uribe, Antony Gonzalo Gonzáles, Cahuayme-Zuniga, Lizbeth, Arevalo, Iracema, Delgado-Cáceres, Frank Milton
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9287139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35855941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01568
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Sumario:Obstetric tetanus is defined as a C. tetani infection that occurs during pregnancy or within six weeks of delivery. In Peru, there are no reports of obstetric tetanus cases. Here we report a sixth case of obstetric tetanus in a puerperal woman who underwent curettage for postpartum hemorrhage, despite immunization against tetanus.

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