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- Title
Actinomycotic hepatic abscess in woman with longstanding intrauterine contraceptive device.
- Authors
Basarić, Dragan; Lekić, Nebojša; Đorđević, Vladimir; Ćeranić, Miljan; Barać, Aleksandra; Stevanović, Goran; Milošević, Ivana
- Abstract
We present a case of a 50 year-old female bearing an intrauterine contraceptive device for 20 years who was diagnosed with abdominopelvic actinomycosis with liver dissemination. The patient was successfully treated by a combination of surgical resection and a 3-month course of amoxicillin.
- Subjects
ACTINOMYCOSIS; LIVER abscesses; WOMEN'S health; INTRAUTERINE contraceptives; AMOXICILLIN; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2018, Vol 12, Issue 8, p686
- ISSN
2036-6590
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3855/jidc.10419