Pneumococcal Endometritis with Peritonitis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

KI Ostrowska; C Rotstein; JH Thornley; LA Mandell

doi:10.1155/1991/686408

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1991)

Pneumococcal Endometritis with Peritonitis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

KI Ostrowska,
C Rotstein,
JH Thornley,
LA Mandell

Affiliations

KI Ostrowska: The Division of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Pathology, Henderson General Division of the Hamilton Civic Hospitals, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
C Rotstein: The Division of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Pathology, Henderson General Division of the Hamilton Civic Hospitals, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
JH Thornley: The Division of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Pathology, Henderson General Division of the Hamilton Civic Hospitals, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
LA Mandell: The Division of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Pathology, Henderson General Division of the Hamilton Civic Hospitals, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1991/686408
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 4
pp. 161 – 164

Abstract

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The first case of pneumococcal endometritis with peritonitis in a woman using tampons is described. The patient responded to removal of the tampon and administration of broad spectrum antibiotics. The pathogenesis of pneumococcal endometritis and peritonitis and the potential significance of a tampon in situ are discussed.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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