Genital and Chest Enteroccocal Infections Complicating Induced Abortion:
A Case Report
Keywords:
induced abortion, genital and chest enterococcal infectionAbstract
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.
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