Streptococcus pneumoniae as a Cause of Salpingitis

Background: A case of pneumococcal septicemia associated with laparoscopically documented acute salpingitis is reported. Case: Gram-stained cul-de-sac pus revealed gram-positive encapsulated diplococci. Conclusion: This case coupled with reanalysis of prior genital tract involvement in nonpregnant i...

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Autores principales: Patterson, David, Johnson, Celeste M., Monif, Gilles R. G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1994
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18475354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S106474499400027X
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description Background: A case of pneumococcal septicemia associated with laparoscopically documented acute salpingitis is reported. Case: Gram-stained cul-de-sac pus revealed gram-positive encapsulated diplococci. Conclusion: This case coupled with reanalysis of prior genital tract involvement in nonpregnant individuals argues that Streptococcus pneumoniae can mimic gonococcal diseases.
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spelling pubmed-23643472008-05-12 Streptococcus pneumoniae as a Cause of Salpingitis Patterson, David Johnson, Celeste M. Monif, Gilles R. G. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol Research Article Background: A case of pneumococcal septicemia associated with laparoscopically documented acute salpingitis is reported. Case: Gram-stained cul-de-sac pus revealed gram-positive encapsulated diplococci. Conclusion: This case coupled with reanalysis of prior genital tract involvement in nonpregnant individuals argues that Streptococcus pneumoniae can mimic gonococcal diseases. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1994 /pmc/articles/PMC2364347/ /pubmed/18475354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S106474499400027X Text en Copyright © 1994 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Streptococcus pneumoniae as a Cause of Salpingitis
title Streptococcus pneumoniae as a Cause of Salpingitis
title_full Streptococcus pneumoniae as a Cause of Salpingitis
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title_full_unstemmed Streptococcus pneumoniae as a Cause of Salpingitis
title_short Streptococcus pneumoniae as a Cause of Salpingitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18475354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S106474499400027X
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