Group A Streptococcal Infections in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Rimawi, Bassam H.; Soper, David E.; Eschenbach, David A.
- Source
- Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology. Dec2012, Vol. 55 Issue 4, p864-874. 11p.
- Subject
- *ANTIBIOTICS
*ENDOMETRIOSIS
*EPIDEMIOLOGY
*GYNECOLOGY
*MICROBIOLOGY
*OBSTETRICS
*STREPTOCOCCAL diseases
*TOXIC shock syndrome
*NECROTIZING fasciitis
- Language
- ISSN
- 0009-9201
The article discusses potentially lethal infections in women, namely group A streptococcal (GAS) infections. It causes 40 percent of septic deaths among patients with postpartum endometritis, necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome (TSS). It offers a list of antibiotic treatments with penicillin as the initial choice. It states that surgical therapy to remove the source of GAS and its toxin production is crucial and that hysterectomy is necessary in women with pregnancy related GAS TSS.