Publication: Fatal Spontaneous Clostridium bifermentans Necrotizing Endometritis: A Case Report and Literature Review of the Pathogen
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2016
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Hale, Andrew, James E. Kirby, and Mary Albrecht. 2016. “Fatal Spontaneous Clostridium bifermentans Necrotizing Endometritis: A Case Report and Literature Review of the Pathogen.” Open Forum Infectious Diseases 3 (2): ofw095. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofw095. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw095.
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Clostridium bifermentans is a rare pathogen in humans. A fatal case of fulminant endometritis with toxic shock and capillary leak secondary to C bifermentans infection in a young woman is described, and this is compared to all 13 previously described cases of C bifermentans infection.
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capillary leak, , hyperleukocytosis, toxic shock syndrome
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