A Report of Haemophilus influenzae Bacteremia With Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Sexually-transmitted organisms that frequently originate from the flora of the lower genital tract are often implicated in pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Haemophilus influenzae, a pathogen found primarily in the upper respiratory tract, has been rarely associated with PID. Here we report a case...

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Autores principales: Villanueva, Daphne-Dominique H, Staton, Jordan P, Gupte, Asmita A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9548244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36237777
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28970
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Sumario:Sexually-transmitted organisms that frequently originate from the flora of the lower genital tract are often implicated in pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Haemophilus influenzae, a pathogen found primarily in the upper respiratory tract, has been rarely associated with PID. Here we report a case of a young woman with PID whose blood cultures grew H. influenzae biotype II, a reminder that the endometrium can be the source of systemic H. influenzae infection when no typical primary focus is found.

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