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Twenty-eight hours after CO2 insufflation and curettage in a 26 year old, haemolysis, jaundice and anuria developed. As an ectopic pregnancy was also suspected, a diagnostic laparoscopy was done and was followed by a hysterectomy and left salpingo-oophorectomy before Clostridium perfringens was grown on culture. The survival of the patient despite clostridial infection is probably due to immediate surgical treatment and intensive post-operative care.
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Knitza, R., Wisser, J., Meissner, K. et al. Severe clostridium infection following perforation of the uterus in a patient with an ectopic pregnancy. Arch Gynecol 240, 191–194 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00207715
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