Literature DB >> 943077

Clostridium perfringens infection complicating chemotherapy for choriocarcinoma.

C G Lacey, R Futoran, C P Morrow.   

Abstract

A case of Clostridium perfringens sepsis and gas gangrene complicating chemotherapy for gestational choriocarcinoma is reported. The infection was eradicated using antibiotics, surgery, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of this unusual but often lethal complication are reviewed.

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Year:  1976        PMID: 943077

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Obstet Gynecol        ISSN: 0029-7844            Impact factor:   7.661


  7 in total

1.  Nontraumatic embolic clostridial gas gangrene. Involvement of an extremity associated with endoscopy.

Authors:  A A Halpern; R M Jameson; D A Nagel; D J Schurman
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2.  Recurrent bacteraemia: an unusual presentation of choriocarcinoma.

Authors:  P Holt; R Nicholas
Journal:  Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)       Date:  1981-06-06

3.  Clostridium and Bacteroides bacteremia as initial presentation of uterine carcinosarcoma.

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4.  Life-threatening clostridial sepsis in a postmenopausal patient with degenerating uterine leiomyoma.

Authors:  Christopher S Bryant; Latoya Perry; Jay P Shah; Sanjeev Kumar; Gunter Deppe
Journal:  Case Rep Med       Date:  2010-05-30

5.  Fatal Clostridium perfringens infection after normal term pregnancy.

Authors:  C J Kirkpatrick; K Werdehausen; J Jaeger; H Breining
Journal:  Arch Gynecol       Date:  1982

6.  Uterine Clostridium perfringens infection related to gynecologic malignancy.

Authors:  Kevin M Kremer; Megan E McDonald; Michael J Goodheart
Journal:  Gynecol Oncol Rep       Date:  2017-09-21

7.  Spontaneous occurrence of gangrene due to clostridium septicum in a patient with advanced endometrial carcinoma.

Authors:  D H Moore; K Ghosh; G P Sutton
Journal:  Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol       Date:  1994
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