ArticleBMJ case reports2016
Intrauterine device infection causing concomitant streptococcal toxic shock syndrome and pelvic abscess with Actinomyces odontolyticus bacteraemia.
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- Spontaneous Fracture of Copper Intrauterine Devices: A Decade-Long Retrospective Analysis From a Single Tertiary Center.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Article
- Lemierre Syndrome involvingIDCases · 2024Article
- Abdominal Actinomycotic Abscess after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity: A Case Report.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Pelvic abscess associated with Actinomyces species ‒ a rare post-cesarean complication.Case reports in perinatal medicine · 2022Article
- Clinical Characteristics ofMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in the setting of recent gynecologic surgery: A case report.Case reports in women's health · 2021Article
- Fractured copper intrauterine device (IUD) retained in the uterine wall leading to hysterectomy: A case report.Case reports in women's health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are rarely associated with serious infections. We report an unusual concomitant infection of group A Streptococcus (GAS) causing toxic shock syndrome and pelvic abscess with Actinomyces odontolyticus associated with an IUD in a healthy 50-year-old patient. The IUD was subsequently removed and the patient recovered on the appropriate antibiotics. This case highlights the importance of clinicians' high index of suspicion of an IUD infection and prompt removal of the infected foreign body to obtain source control.
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