TY - JOUR
T1 - Severe pneumococcal peritonitis complicating IUD
T2 - Case report and review of the literature
AU - Goldman, Jack A.
AU - Yeshaya, Are
AU - Peleg, Dan
AU - Dekel, Arie
AU - Dicker, Dov
PY - 1986/11
Y1 - 1986/11
N2 - A case of pneumococcal peritonitis associated with an IUD is presented and four previously reported cases of pneumococcal peritonitis with IUD are reviewed. The infection may occur in previously healthy women who were fitted with an IUD, possibly by ascending infection from the genital tract via the fallopian tubes. The condition is usually accompanied by bilateral salpingitis and may be severe, with fatal outcome. We suggest that any woman over 30 using an IUD, who presents with peritonitis without obvious cause, should be given antibiotics with activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae, following removal of the IUD.
AB - A case of pneumococcal peritonitis associated with an IUD is presented and four previously reported cases of pneumococcal peritonitis with IUD are reviewed. The infection may occur in previously healthy women who were fitted with an IUD, possibly by ascending infection from the genital tract via the fallopian tubes. The condition is usually accompanied by bilateral salpingitis and may be severe, with fatal outcome. We suggest that any woman over 30 using an IUD, who presents with peritonitis without obvious cause, should be given antibiotics with activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae, following removal of the IUD.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006254-198611000-00002
DO - 10.1097/00006254-198611000-00002
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AN - SCOPUS:0023003770
SN - 0029-7828
VL - 41
SP - 672
EP - 674
JO - Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey
JF - Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey
IS - 11
ER -
