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  • Title: [Puerperal septic shock due to beta-hemolytic Streptococcus and Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome].
    Author: Araújo Sde A, Lana AM, Garcia PP, Godoy P.
    Journal: Rev Soc Bras Med Trop; 2009; 42(1):73-6. PubMed ID: 19287940.
    Abstract:
    An exceptional case of a 15-year-old puerpera with septic shock caused by Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus and Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is reported. The findings were observed at the necropsy. The characteristics of the diagnosis, pathogenesis and evolution of this puerperal infection (sepsis), associated with adrenal hemorrhage and insufficiency are reviewed in this paper.
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