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ABORTION ASSOCIATED WITH INTRAUTERINE INFECTION BY CANDIDA ALBICANS CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Buchanan R.,
Sworn M. J.,
Noble A. D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb11278.x
Subject(s) - candida albicans , abortion , medicine , obstetrics , intrauterine device , corpus albicans , pregnancy , family planning , gynecology , research methodology , population , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental health , genetics
Summary A 27‐year‐old patient who became pregnant whilst fitted with an intrauterine contraceptive device developed an intrauterine Candida albicans infection and aborted. The diagnostic (and other inconspicuous) features of C. Albicans infection in the fetus are described. The presence of the intrauterine contraceptive device may have predisposed to the establishment of the infection.