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- Title
Management of a Case of Peritonitis Due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection Following Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID).
- Authors
Francesco, Maria A. De; Stefanelli, Paola; Carannante, Anna; Corbellini, Silvia; Giagulli, Cinzia; Lorenzin, Giovanni; Ronconi, Maurizio; Arici, Elisa; Cadei, Monica; Campora, Riccardo; Caruso, Arnaldo
- Abstract
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), a serious infection in sexually active women, is one of the reasons for which females seek care in emergency departments and therefore represents an important public health problem. PID is the result of an endocervical infection with different microorganisms, which then ascend to the endometrium and fallopian tubes. Symptoms of PID may be mild and aspecific, making its diagnosis difficult. However, this clinical condition requires effective antibiotic treatment to reduce incidence of complications and late sequelae. We describe here a case of peritonitis as a complication of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in a 49-year-old woman who presented at the Emergency Department with acute abdominal pain.
- Subjects
PELVIC inflammatory disease; NEISSERIA gonorrhoeae; PERITONITIS; FALLOPIAN tubes; INFECTION; HOSPITAL emergency services
- Publication
Antibiotics (2079-6382), 2020, Vol 9, Issue 4, p193
- ISSN
2079-6382
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/antibiotics9040193