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.
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