Araújo Stanley de Almeida, Lana Ana Maria Arruda, Garcia Paula Piedade, Godoy Pérsio
Departamento de Anatomia Patológica e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2009 Jan-Feb;42(1):73-6. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822009000100015.
An exceptional case of a 15-year-old puerpera with septic shock caused by Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus and Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is reported. The findings were observed at the necropsy. The characteristics of the diagnosis, pathogenesis and evolution of this puerperal infection (sepsis), associated with adrenal hemorrhage and insufficiency are reviewed in this paper.
报告了一例15岁产妇的特殊病例,该产妇因A组β溶血性链球菌感染导致感染性休克,并伴有华-佛综合征。这些发现是在尸检时观察到的。本文回顾了这种产褥感染(败血症)的诊断、发病机制和演变特征,其与肾上腺出血和功能不全相关。