Case Report

Septic Shock and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome After Salpingitis Caused by Streptococcus pyogenes Group A

Authors: EROL FIKRIG MD, MARK T. WORTHINGTON MD, LEWIS B. LEFKOWITZ JR. MD

Abstract

SINCE THE ERA of childbed fever came to its long-delayed conclusion, cases of sepsis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes group A arising from the female reproductive tract have been unusual in the absence of foreign bodies, notably intrauterine devices or retained products of conception. Vaginal and anal carriers of Streptococcus pyogenes group A are rare and usually asymptomatic. Symptomatic salpingitis caused by this microorganism is also uncommon.

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