Diseases

Septic Abortion

Any type of abortion, induced or spontaneous, that is associated with infection of the UTERUS and its appendages. It is characterized by FEVER, uterine tenderness, and foul discharge.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Any type of abortion, induced or spontaneous, that is associated with infection of the UTERUS and its appendages. It is characterized by FEVER, uterine tenderness, and foul discharge.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Abortion, Septic
  • Abortions, Septic
  • Septic Abortions

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Aspects Covered

32 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

/vet permitted only if discussed as "septic" abortion: do not use automatically for animal abortion in brucellosis, vibriosis, trichomoniasis, etc; check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY

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Tree Numbers

  1. C01w.674w.173w
  2. C12.050.703w.039w.256w
  3. C12.050.703w.700w.173w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Septic Abortion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000031. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000031
  2. Septic Abortion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septic_abortion
  3. Septic Abortion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17011656