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Post-cesarean surgical site infection due to Buttiauxella agrestis
Author(s) -
Vicente Sperb Antonello,
Jessica Dallé,
Guilherme Campos Domingues,
Jorge Alberto Santiago Ferreira,
Maria do Carmo Queiroz Fontoura,
Fábio Borges Knapp
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.01.025
Subject(s) - surgical site infection , medicine , public health , cesarean delivery , pediatrics , general surgery , surgery , pregnancy , biology , pathology , genetics
Surgical site infections (SSI) are postoperative complications that constitute a major public health problem. We present a rare case report of infection by Buttiauxella agrestis, a member of the Enterobacteriaceae family, occurring after a cesarean delivery in a young woman with no comorbidities. The authors further discuss the origin of this infection.

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