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Case no. | Age | Association with pregnancy | Outcome | Tissue tested | Pathological findings | Clostridia IHC | C. sordellii PCR | C. perfringens PCR | Microsphere assay |
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1 | 18 | Medical abortion | Fatal | Uterus | Necrotizing endomyometritis | Positive | Positive | Negative | Positive for C. sordellii |
2 | 22 | Medical abortion | Fatal | Uterus | Necrotizing endomyometritis | Positive | Positive | Negative | Positive for C. sordellii |
3 | 34 | Medical abortion | Fatal | Uterus | Necrotizing endomyometritis | Positive | Positive | Negative | Positive for C. sordellii |
4 | 21 | Medical abortion | Fatal | Uterus | Necrotizing endomyometritis | Positive | Positive | Negative | Positive for C. sordellii |
5 | 26 | Medical abortion | Fatal | Endometrium | Necrotizing endomyometritis | Positive | Positive | Negative | Positive for C. sordellii |
6 | 25 | Spontaneous abortion | Non-fatal | Placenta | Severe acute chorioamnionitis | Positive | Positive | Negative | Positive for C. sordellii |
7 | 32 | No association | Fatal | Uterus | Necrotizing endometritis | Positive | Positive | Negative | Positive for C. sordellii |
8 | 18 | Medical abortion | Fatal | Unknown | Necrotizing endometritis | Positive | Positive | Negative | Positive for C. sordellii |
9 | 29 | Medical abortion | Fatal | Uterus | Necrotizing endometritis | Positive | Positive | Negative | Positive for C. sordellii |
10 | 21 | Medical abortion | Fatal | Decidual and chorionic tissue | Acute inflammation and necrosis | Positive | Positive | Negative | Positive for C. sordellii |
11 | 24 | Medical abortion | Fatal | Uterus | Necrotizing endomyometritis | Positive | Negative | Positive | Positive for C. perfringens |
12 | 28 | Medical abortion | Fatal | Uterus | Necrotizing endomyometritis | Positive | Negative | Positive | Positive for C. perfringens |
13 | 40 | Postpartum | Fatal | Uterus | Acute endomyometritis | Positive | Negative | Positive | Positive for C. perfringens |
14 | 41 | Postpartum | Fatal | Uterus | Necrotizing endometritis | Positive | Negative | Positive | Positive for C. perfringens |
15 | 37 | Medical abortion | Fatal | Uterus | Necrotizing endometritis | Negative | Negative | Positive | Positive for C. perfringens |
16 | 26 | Postpartum | Fatal | Uterus | Necrotic and hemorrhagic uterus | Negative | Negative | Positive | Positive for C. perfringens |
17 | 41 | Spontaneous abortion | Fatal | Uterus | Endomyometritis and sepsis | Positive | Negative | Positive | Positive for C. perfringens |
18 | 32 | Postpartum | Fatal | GI | Necrotizing enteritis | Positive | Negative | Positive | Positive for C. perfringens |
19 | 16 | Medical abortion | Fatal | Appendix | Acute appendicitis and peritonitis | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive for both |
20 | 40 | No association | Fatal | Cervix | Acute cervicitis and endometritis | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive for both |
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