We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Coinfección por Neisseria gonorrhoeae y Actinomyces naeslundii.
- Authors
Eiros-Bouza, José María; Domínguez-Gil González, Marta; Martín-Medrano, Eva; García-Yuste, Marta
- Abstract
Objective: To report a case of co-infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Actinomyces naeslundii in a woman with an intrauterine device. Case report: A 36-year-old woman with IUD, who entered to the hospital because of suprapubic abdominal pain, fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge. Results: We identified Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Actinomyces naeslundii and despite antibiotic treatment, ultrasound allowed objectify pelvic inflammatory disease and appendiceal involvement, which led to its surgical removal and bilateral salpingectomy. Conclusions: The surgical approach allowed to solve the box co.
- Subjects
NEISSERIA gonorrhoeae; ACTINOMYCES; INTRAUTERINE contraceptive complications; PELVIC inflammatory disease; SALPINGITIS; APPENDIX surgery; DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY
- Publication
Ginecología y Obstetricia de México, 2013, Vol 81, Issue 11, p665
- ISSN
0300-9041
- Publication type
Case Study