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Fatal spontaneous Clostridium bifermentans necrotizing endometritis: A case report and literature review of the pathogen

Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2016) 3(2)
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw095
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Clostridium bifermentans is a rare pathogen in humans. A fatal case of fulminant endometritis with toxic shock and capillary leak secondary to C bifermentans infection in a young woman is described, and this is compared to all 13 previously described cases of C bifermentans infection.

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Hale, A., Kirby, J. E., & Albrecht, M. (2016). Fatal spontaneous Clostridium bifermentans necrotizing endometritis: A case report and literature review of the pathogen. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw095

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