Perimenopausal pneumococcal tubo-ovarian abscess - A case report and review

Infectious Disease in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-30

  Seshadri, Srividya ^a   Kirwan, John ^a   Neal, Tim ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CA125; Genital tract infection; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS;

ABSCESS; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; CLIMACTERIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 3142678230     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1064744042000210366     Document Type: Review

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