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SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL PERITONITIS DURING PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Browne M. K.,
Cassie R.
Publication year - 1981
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.1471-0528.1981.tb01773.x
Subject(s) - peritonitis , pregnancy , spontaneous bacterial peritonitis , streptococcus , vagina , gestation , blood culture , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , organism , biology , bacteria , antibiotics , surgery , ascites , genetics
Summary A patient is described with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis occurring at 27 weeks gestation. The causative organism was a Group B haemolytic Streptococcus which was also found in blood culture and in the vagina. The possible mechanisms of this rare infection are described.