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First Described Case of Group B Streptococcus Pelvic Abscess in a Patient with No Medical Comorbidities
Background. Group B Streptococcus is an organism that commonly infects a wide range of hosts including infants in the first week of life, pregnant women, and older age adults as well as adults with underlying medical comorbidities. Case. Large pelvic abscess in a nonpregnant patient found to be caus...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978847/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27529043 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3724706 |
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author | Tyan, Paul Abi-Khalil, Elias Dwarki, Karthik Moawad, Gaby |
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description | Background. Group B Streptococcus is an organism that commonly infects a wide range of hosts including infants in the first week of life, pregnant women, and older age adults as well as adults with underlying medical comorbidities. Case. Large pelvic abscess in a nonpregnant patient found to be caused by Group B Streptococcus was treated successfully with IR guided drainage and antibiotics. Conclusion. Though rare, GBS can still be a cause of invasive infection even in individuals who are nonpregnant and have no underlying comorbidities. Empiric antibiotic coverage for this organism should be kept in mind when treating an abscess. |
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spelling | pubmed-49788472016-08-15 First Described Case of Group B Streptococcus Pelvic Abscess in a Patient with No Medical Comorbidities Tyan, Paul Abi-Khalil, Elias Dwarki, Karthik Moawad, Gaby Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Background. Group B Streptococcus is an organism that commonly infects a wide range of hosts including infants in the first week of life, pregnant women, and older age adults as well as adults with underlying medical comorbidities. Case. Large pelvic abscess in a nonpregnant patient found to be caused by Group B Streptococcus was treated successfully with IR guided drainage and antibiotics. Conclusion. Though rare, GBS can still be a cause of invasive infection even in individuals who are nonpregnant and have no underlying comorbidities. Empiric antibiotic coverage for this organism should be kept in mind when treating an abscess. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4978847/ /pubmed/27529043 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3724706 Text en Copyright © 2016 Paul Tyan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Tyan, Paul Abi-Khalil, Elias Dwarki, Karthik Moawad, Gaby First Described Case of Group B Streptococcus Pelvic Abscess in a Patient with No Medical Comorbidities |
title | First Described Case of Group B Streptococcus Pelvic Abscess in a Patient with No Medical Comorbidities |
title_full | First Described Case of Group B Streptococcus Pelvic Abscess in a Patient with No Medical Comorbidities |
title_fullStr | First Described Case of Group B Streptococcus Pelvic Abscess in a Patient with No Medical Comorbidities |
title_full_unstemmed | First Described Case of Group B Streptococcus Pelvic Abscess in a Patient with No Medical Comorbidities |
title_short | First Described Case of Group B Streptococcus Pelvic Abscess in a Patient with No Medical Comorbidities |
title_sort | first described case of group b streptococcus pelvic abscess in a patient with no medical comorbidities |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978847/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27529043 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3724706 |
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