Pelvic actinomycosis three years after colporrhaphy: A case report

A 57-year-old patient presented with vaginal discharge and was found to have a pelvic abscess with A. turicensis and Streptococcus constellatus, with likely nidus of infection being a non-absorbable suture placed during colporrhaphy three years prior. She was treated with drain placement and antibio...

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Autores principales: Davick, Stephen, Annira, Samiksha, Schwiesow, Tyler
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8476689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34611518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2021.e00359
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description A 57-year-old patient presented with vaginal discharge and was found to have a pelvic abscess with A. turicensis and Streptococcus constellatus, with likely nidus of infection being a non-absorbable suture placed during colporrhaphy three years prior. She was treated with drain placement and antibiotics. Post-hospitalization, her colporrhaphy suture was removed. Subsequently the drain output decreased and this was removed as well. She had a total course of 6 weeks of amoxicillin/clavulanate, with complete resolution of her abscess.
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spelling pubmed-84766892021-10-04 Pelvic actinomycosis three years after colporrhaphy: A case report Davick, Stephen Annira, Samiksha Schwiesow, Tyler Case Rep Womens Health Article A 57-year-old patient presented with vaginal discharge and was found to have a pelvic abscess with A. turicensis and Streptococcus constellatus, with likely nidus of infection being a non-absorbable suture placed during colporrhaphy three years prior. She was treated with drain placement and antibiotics. Post-hospitalization, her colporrhaphy suture was removed. Subsequently the drain output decreased and this was removed as well. She had a total course of 6 weeks of amoxicillin/clavulanate, with complete resolution of her abscess. Elsevier 2021-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8476689/ /pubmed/34611518 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2021.e00359 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_full Pelvic actinomycosis three years after colporrhaphy: A case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8476689/
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