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Fig.,(4) Septic Abortion Adopted from

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Clinical picture:

General examination:

• Pyrexia and tachycardia.

• Rigors suggest bacteremia.

• A subnormal temperature with tachycardia is ominous and mostly

seen with gas forming organisms.

• Malaise, sweating, headache, and joint pain.

• Jaundice and /or hematuria is an ominous sign, indicating
hemolysis due to chemicals used in criminal abortion or hemolytic

infection as clostridium welchii.

Abdominal examination:

• Suprapubic pain and tenderness.

• Abdominal rigidity and distension indicate peritonitis.

Local examination

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