Case 35-2011

A 33-Year-Old Woman with Postpartum Leukocytosis and Gram-Positive Bacteremia

  • Cabot, Richard C. Founder
  • Harris, Nancy Lee M.D., Editor
  • Shepard, Jo-Anne O. M.D., Associate Editor
  • Rosenberg, Eric S. M.D., Associate Editor
  • Cort, Alice M. M.D., Associate Editor
  • Ebeling, Sally H. Assistant Editor
  • Peters, Christine C. Assistant Editor
  • Soper, David E. M.D.
  • Lee, Susanna I. M.D., Ph.D.
  • Kim, Ji Yeon M.D., M.P.H.
  • McDonald, Anna G. M.D.

  • From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (D.E.S.); and the Departments of Radiology (S.I.L.) and Pathology (J.Y.K., A.G.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Radiology (S.I.L.) and Pathology (J.Y.K., A.G.M.), Harvard Medical School — both in Boston.

Dr. Soper reports that his institution has received grant support from Merck.

Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org.

No other potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

This case was presented at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds.

We thank Dr. Drucilla Roberts for assisting with the preparation of the pathological discussion.

New England Journal of Medicine 365(20):p 1916-1924, November 17, 2011. | DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1103564
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