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Am J Perinatol 1994; 11(3): 205-207
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1040746
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© 1994 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Overwhelming Maternal Sepsis Due to a Gas-Forming Escherichia Coli Chorioamnionitis

Val Catanzarite, James M. Schibanoff, Ray Chinn, Art Mendoza, Regis Weiss
  • Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Mary Birch Hospital for Women (V.C.), Sharp Memorial Hospital; Pulmonary Medicine (J.M.S.), Infectious Disease Service (P.C.), and Sumerlin Pathology Laboratory (A.M.), and Department of Gynecologic Oncology (R.W.), Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, California
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

We report a case of a patient who developed fulminant sepsis and respiratory distress caused by a gas-forming Escherichia coli intrauterine infection following premature rupture of the membranes and fetal death. Such gas-forming infections are rare, and, when they occur, they are usually caused by Clostridium welchii. This patient was treated with antibiotics, ventilator support, and hysterectomy, and at follow-up was in good health.