Diagnosis and Management of Clostridium Perfringens Sepsis and Uterine Gas Gangrene
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
- Vol. 57 (1), 53-57
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006254-200201000-00024
Abstract
The progression of Clostridium perfringens endomyometritis to gas gangrene is a rare, but greatly feared complication in the obstetrical patient. While endometritis following cesarean delivery is a common complication, recognition of C. perfringens as the pathogen as well as its progression to gas formation in the myometrium is essential to the survival of the patient. We present a patient that we recently cared for, and review the bacteriology, clinical diagnosis, and management.Keywords
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