Open AccessTYPHOID FEVER COMPLICATING PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Amster Reuben,
Lessing Joseph B.,
Jaffa Ariel J.,
Peyser M. Reuben
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348509158217
Subject(s) - typhoid fever , medicine , abortion , enteric fever , pregnancy , septic abortion , fetus , obstetrics , complication , surgery , virology , biology , genetics
. Typhoid fever in pregnancy may result in infection of the fetus, with consequent abortion. Currently, it is a rare complication of pregnancy in the industrially developed countries. This report documents a case of maternal typhoid fever with septic abortion, in which trans‐placental infection of the fetus caused its demise.