Tubo-ovarian abscess in older women: Is the woman's age a risk factor for failed response to conservative treatment?

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 211-215

  Halperin, Reuvit ^a   Levinson, Orna ^a   Yaron, Michal ^a   Bukovsky, Ian ^a   Schneider, David ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Epidemiology; Risk factors for failed response; Sonographically guided drainage; Surgery; Tubo ovarian abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENOPAUSE; PELVIS SURGERY; PERITONITIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0041571729     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072076     Document Type: Article

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