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Chest, Vol 76, 695-697, Copyright © 1979 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Malignant group B streptococcal endocarditis associated with saline- induced abortion

JG Jemsek, LO Gentry and SB Greenberg

A 20-year-old woman developed acute group B streptococcal endocarditis following saline-induced abortion. In the pre-antibiotic era, most cases of group B streptococcal endocarditis occurred in parturient or postabortal women. Currently, this disease is rarely described in obstetrical patients, and no previous cases following saline-induced abortion have been reported. Purulent pericarditis and a perivalvular abscess were present in our patient and represent only the second instance in which these findings have been documented in this disease.


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