Puerperal Septic Infection

A Series of Cases of "Non-Septic" Puerperal Pyrexia

Puerperal and intrapartum group A streptococcal infection.

OBJECTIVE To determine the demographic and clinical variables characteristic of non-epidemic intrapartum or puerperal group A streptococcal (GAS) infection. METHODS The records of 47 patients diagnosed with intrapartum or puerperal GAS infection over a 6 1/2 year period at Hadassah-University Hospital-Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem were reviewed. Data regarding 25,811 women, the general population of ...

The Source of Streptococcal Infection in Puerperal Fever

A Note on the Treatment of Puerperal Infection

? ? the medical profession, who never fail to Irripress on their patients rhe necessity for b.e^uring qualified medical aid at the time of delivery. But, apart from the uneducated masses, it is amazing how educated Indians will shew a total disregard of this useful advice: the result is a deplorable infantile mortality, and often a tedious puerperim which not infrequently also ends in the death...

Septic pulmonary embolism induced by dental infection.

Dental infection can be an important source for septic pulmonary embolism (SPE), but only a few cases of SPE accompanying dental infection have been reported. The aim of this study was to characterize the clinical features of SPE induced by dental infection. Patients who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria described in the text were recruited in a retrospective fashion. All 9 patients were men, w...