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ArticleObstetric medicine2025

Septic arthritis of the pubic symphysis, a rare cause of peripartum pelvic pain: A case report.

Lesley Thellend, Dayne Ortved

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Article in Obstetric medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lesley ThellendDepartment of Nursing, Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, BC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4249-0047
Dayne OrtvedDepartment of Medicine, Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, BC, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Septic arthritis of the pubic symphysis is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition, particularly in the peripartum period. This case report details a 32-year-old woman in her first pregnancy, who developed severe pelvic pain, fever, and immobility following induction of labor at 41 weeks and 2 days of gestation. Initially diagnosed with chorioamnionitis, the patient underwent a caesarean section, but persistent groin pain and elevated inflammatory markers led to the discovery of septic arthritis of the pubic symphysis, confirmed by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Blood cultures grew methicillin-sensitive

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infectiousosteitisperipartumPregnancy complicationspubic symphysisseptic arthritis

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PMID40880584
PMCPMC12378115

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