A case of ovarian actinomycosis

Infectious Disease in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-173

  Iwasaki, Masahiro ^a   Nishikawa, Akira ^a   Akutagawa, Noriyuki ^a   Fujimoto, Takashi ^a   Teramoto, Mizue ^a   Kudo, Ryuichi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intrauterine device; Papanicolaou smears; Sulfur granules

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; SULFUR; TETRACYCLINE;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG GRANULE; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; OVARY DISEASE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; OOPHORITIS; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0346093641     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10647440300025517     Document Type: Article

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