CASE REPORTS

Genital and Chest Enteroccocal Infections Complicating Induced Abortion:

A Case Report
Dr Nosakhare O ENARUNA
Lofor PVO
ME Aziken
Published: September 1, 2012

Abstract

Several complications of induced abortion have been reported in the literature. We report a rare case of simultaneous genital and chest enterococcal infections following induced abortion, in a teenager, at 14 weeks gestation.

Keywords

induced abortion genital and chest enterococcal infection

Author Biographies

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Dr Nosakhare O ENARUNA

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Benin Teaching
Hospital, PMB 1111, Benin City, Nigeria.

Phone No: +2348033835761

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Published in Vol. 1 No. 4: African Journal of Tropical Medicine and Biomedical Research; September 2012

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ENARUNA NO, Lofor P, Aziken M. Genital and Chest Enteroccocal Infections Complicating Induced Abortion: : A Case Report. Afr. J. Trop. Med. Biomed. Res. [Internet]. 2012 Sep. 1 [cited 2026 Jun. 22];1(4):104-9. Available from: https://ajtmbr.org.ng/index.php/home/article/view/34
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