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Isolation of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes from an Infection of a Pregnant Uterus
Author(s) -
Ledger William J.,
Headington John T.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1972.tb00826.x
Subject(s) - obstetrics and gynaecology , ledger , medicine , library science , gynecology , family medicine , pregnancy , biology , genetics , economics , finance , computer science
INFECTIONS OF the pregnant uterus are a source of concern to clinicians because of the possibility of a maternal death attributable to sepsis. Many therapeutic decisions are based upon the bactériologie findings in individual cases. In the care of such a patient recently we recovered an organism, Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes, a gramnegative aerobe, that to our knowledge has not been previously reported in a human pelvic infection. In order to alert physicians to the characteristics of this organism, this case study is reported.