Group A Streptococcus causing PID from an initial pharyngeal infection. A case report.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-1-1999
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a difficult diagnosis. Five billion dollars is spent on over 1 million women diagnosed each year. Atypical organisms and prior history of tubal ligation may complicate the diagnosis.
CASE: A woman who had undergone tubal ligation and abstained from intercourse for over two years developed group A streptococcal salpingitis. It occurred following an upper respiratory infection with the same organism.
CONCLUSION: PID is rare in a woman with prior tubal ligation who is not engaging in intercourse. In this case it followed an upper respiratory infection with group A Streptococcus. Low diagnostic suspicion must be maintained for uncommon pathogens in PID in women with prior tubal ligation who are not engaging in intercourse.
Volume
44
Issue
7
First Page
639
Last Page
641
ISSN
0024-7758
Published In/Presented At
Lamb, E. K., Anasti, J. N., & Leonetti, H. B. (1999). Group A Streptococcus causing PID from an initial pharyngeal infection. A case report. The Journal of reproductive medicine, 44(7), 639–641.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
10442331
Department(s)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Document Type
Article