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Diagnosis and management of clostridium perfringens sepsis and uterine gas gangrene

Halpin, Thomas F.
Molinari, Jane A.
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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.

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Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2002 Jan;57(1):53-7.

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