Life-threatening septic shock in a pregnant woman with ileus

J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007 Jun;20(6):491-3. doi: 10.1080/14767050701299876.

Abstract

Septic shock during pregnancy is very rare but has high mortality. We report a case of septic shock in a pregnant woman with ileus, showing that severe ileus in a pregnant woman could be attributed to life-threatening septic shock and that we should give special attention to a nosocomial infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Cross Infection / diagnosis
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Female
  • Fetal Death
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Ileus / complications
  • Ileus / diagnosis*
  • Klebsiella Infections / drug therapy
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy
  • Shock, Septic / complications
  • Shock, Septic / diagnosis*
  • Shock, Septic / microbiology
  • Sputum / microbiology
  • Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / isolation & purification