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Group A Septic Shock after Surgical Abortion: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Case Rep Obstet Gynecol

September 2017

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Hofstra University, North Shore-LIJ University Hospital, 270-05 76th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA.

Group A (GAS) causing puerperal sepsis is a leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide. Although rare, GAS infection is a relatively significant public health concern because of its propensity to evolve rapidly into septic shock, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, and death. We report the case of a 27-year-old patient who presented with GAS septic shock after undergoing a surgical termination of pregnancy and was treated successfully and recovered without sequelae.

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Importance: Identifying measures that are associated with the cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) expansion in individuals before diagnosis of Huntington disease (HD) has implications for designing clinical trials.

Objective: To identify the earliest features associated with the motor diagnosis of HD in the Prospective Huntington at Risk Observational Study (PHAROS).

Design, Setting, And Participants: A prospective, multicenter, longitudinal cohort study was conducted at 43 US and Canadian Huntington Study Group research sites from July 9, 1999, through December 17, 2009.

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