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A 20-year-old patient died from intoxication 8 days after artificial illegal abortion performed in her 14-15th week of pregnancy. Autopsy of the corpse revealed yellowish colour of eye sclera and of skin, necrotic suppurative endometritis, multiple pulmonary abscesses, spleen hyperplasia with a big number of neutrophils in its sinuses. What complication after abortion was developed? A. B. C. D. E.

Answer options

  1. Hemorrhagic shock
  2. Viral hepatitis type A
  3. Septicemia
  4. Septicopyemia
  5. Chroniosepsis
Correct answer

Septicopyemia

Explanation

Pyemia (or pyemia) is a type of septicemia that leads to widespread abscesses of a metastatic nature. It is usually caused by the staphylococcus bacteria by pus-forming organisms in the blood. Apart from the distinctive abscesses, pyemia exhibits the same symptoms as other forms of septicemia. Septicemia is a serious bloodstream infection. It's also known as blood poisoning. It occurs when a bacterial infection elsewhere in the body, such as the lungs or skin, enters the bloodstream. This is dangerous because the bacteria and their toxins can be carried through the bloodstream to your entire body. It must be treated in a hospital. If left untreated, septicemia can progress to sepsis.

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