septic abortion
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C. perfringens in Septic Abortion: Gas, Hemolysis, and Source Control
Clostridium perfringens is the classic gas-gangrene organism, but uterine gas is not synonymous with myonecrosis—and the organism alone does not mandate hysterectomy. Learn how toxin-related hemolysis changes urgency and how to distinguish uterine source control from removal of the uterus.