Research article summary (published 20 Oct 2009):

Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 33-2009. A 35-year-old woman with fever, abdominal pain, and hypotension after cesarean section.

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Author/s: de Moya, Marc A (MA); del Carmen, Marcela G (MG); Allain, Rae M (RM); Hirschberg, Ronald E (RE); Shepard, Jo-Anne O (JA); Kradin, Richard L (RL);

Affiliation: Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Clinical Conference; Journal Article

Journal: The New England journal of medicine (N Engl J Med), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Oct; vol 361 (issue 17) : pp 1689-97

Dates: Created 2009/10/22; Completed 2009/10/29;

PMID: 19846855, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/29/2009, IMS Date: )

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Abdomen, Acute - etiology Adult Amputation Cesarean Section Debridement Diagnosis, Differential Extremities - pathology; surgery Fasciitis, Necrotizing - complications; pathology; surgery Female Fever - etiology Foot - pathology

Foot - pathology Gangrene - etiology Hand - pathology Humans Hypotension - etiology Intestines - pathology; radiography Necrosis - etiology Postoperative Complications - pathology Shock, Septic - complications; diagnosis Streptococcus pyogenes Tachycardia - etiology

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