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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2016

An extremely rare case of tubo-ovarian abscesses involving corynebacterium striatum as causative agent.

Tetsuya Yamamoto, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Shimpei Mizuki, Yuki Nakashima, Houu Kou, Motoyoshi Maruo, Hozuka Akita

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Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tetsuya YamamotoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Kaibara Hospital, Tamba, Japan.
Tsuneaki KenzakaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Kaibara Hospital, Tamba, Japan. smile.kenzaka@jichi.ac.jp.
Shimpei MizukiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Kaibara Hospital, Tamba, Japan.
Yuki NakashimaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hyogo Prefectural Kaibara Hospital, Tamba, Japan.
Houu KouDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hyogo Prefectural Kaibara Hospital, Tamba, Japan.
Motoyoshi MaruoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hyogo Prefectural Kaibara Hospital, Tamba, Japan.
Hozuka AkitaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Kaibara Hospital, Tamba, Japan.
Ebara Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe present an extremely rare case of tubo-ovarian abscesses involving Corynebacterium striatum (C. striatum) as causative agent in a 53-year-old woman. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient presented with stomach pain, chills, and nausea. Her medical history included poorly controlled psoriasis vulgaris and diabetes. Laboratory and imaging findings led to diagnosis of septic shock due to tubo-ovarian abscesses. She was treated with antibiotic therapy and surgery to remove the left adnexa. Various cultures detected Prevotella spp. and C. striatum. We concluded that C. striatum from skin contaminated by psoriasis vulgaris had caused the tubo-ovarian abscesses by way of ascending infection.

conclusionsThis may be the first known case of tubo-ovarian abscesses due to C. striatum. In patients whose skin has been weakened by psoriasis vulgaris or other infections, Corynebacterium should be considered as causative microorganisms, and antibiotic therapy including vancomycin should be administered.

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Corynebacterium striatumPsoriasis vulgarisTubo-ovarian abscessesUpper reproductive tract infection

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