Uterine Sarcoma Presenting with Sepsis from Clostridium perfringens Endometritis in a Postmenopausal Woman

• Glavni autori: Mary J. Kao (Autor), Madhuchhanda Roy (Autor), Josephine Harter (Autor), Ryan J. Spencer (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Clostridium perfringens is an anaerobic gram positive rod that is found in normal vaginal and cervical flora in 1-10% of healthy women. Uterine infection with Clostridium perfringens is seen rarely but is often related to underlying uterine pathology and can progress quickly to sepsis. Early recogni...