Severe peripartum sepsis
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Severe peripartum sepsis.
Despite global efforts to reduce maternal mortality, maternal deaths from bacterial sepsis have actually risen in the UK. The group A streptococcus, also known as Streptococcus pyogenes, is the leading cause of infection-related death in pregnancy and the puerperium. Many clinicians remain unaware of the risks posed to this particular group of otherwise fit, healthy patients despite the fact th...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1478-2715,2042-8189
DOI: 10.4997/jrcpe.2011.411