ABORTION ASSOCIATED WITH INTRAUTERINE INFECTION BY CANDIDA ALBICANS CASE REPORT

  1. R. Buchanan Senior Registrar in Pathology,
  2. M. J. Sworn Consultant in Pathology,
  3. A. D. Noble Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb11278.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 86, Issue 9, pages 741–744, September 1979

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Buchanan, R., Sworn, M. J. and Noble, A. D. (1979), ABORTION ASSOCIATED WITH INTRAUTERINE INFECTION BY CANDIDA ALBICANS CASE REPORT. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 86: 741–744. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb11278.x

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  1. The Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, Hampshire

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  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

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Summary

A 27-year-old patient who became pregnant whilst fitted with an intrauterine contraceptive device developed an intrauterine Candida albicans infection and aborted. The diagnostic (and other inconspicuous) features of C. Albicans infection in the fetus are described. The presence of the intrauterine contraceptive device may have predisposed to the establishment of the infection.

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