MISSED ABORTION CAUSED BY H. INFLUENZAE SEPTICEMIA IN A SAUDI WOMAN;A CASE REPORT

  • Consultant OBGYN, Dallah Hospital Namar, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia .
  • Consultant OBGYN, Sulaiman Al Habib Rayyan Branch, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Student 4th year, Newcastle University of Medicine, Malaysia.
  • Consultant ICU, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Nutritionist Department of Environmental Sciences,Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Hemophilus influenza has been reported to cause miscarriages globally, but no such case has ever been reported from Saudi Arabia. A 25 years old female, pregnant for 10 weeks and 2 days, presented with fever, mild sore throat and shivering in OBGYN outdoor. First blood culture showed positive growth of Hemophilus influenzae, sensitive to Cefepime. Urine culture and high vaginal swab were negative. She was treated with Ceftriaxone, metronidazole, and paracetamol infusion. Ultrasound showed missed abortion at 11 weeks 1 day. Tablet Misoprostol, sublingual, was started to terminate the pregnancy. She expelled the fetus on 13-11-2024, and ultrasound showed that it was an incomplete abortion, hence curettage was done. After curettage, she remained stable and was discharged. A repeat blood culture was taken before discharge, and no growth was observed. Take-away lesson is that infection by H. influenzae in early pregnancy should be taken seriously.

[Faiqa Awais Tullah, Nazia Tabassum Tariq Javed, Shumaila Jabeen, Amna Malik, Muhammad Kashif Malik and Seemin Kashif (2025); MISSED ABORTION CAUSED BY H. INFLUENZAE SEPTICEMIA IN A SAUDI WOMAN;A CASE REPORT Int. J. of Adv. Res. (Nov). 115-118] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Faiqa Awais Tullah
Dallah Hospital Namar, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

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