Bali Belly: Salmonella senftenberg Found in an Infected Ovarian Endometrioma

Salmonella is an extremely rare cause of an infected endometrioma. We present a case of a 30-year-old immunocompetent woman presenting with fevers and abdominal pain, on a background of prior endometriosis. Initial antibiotic treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease failed, and the patient progress...

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Published in:Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology 2020-08, Vol.2020 (2020), p.1-3
Main Authors: Clare, Anna, Woolnough, Emily, Rafi, Junaid, Pathiraja, P. D. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Abscesses
Antibiotics
Antimicrobial agents
Case Report
Case reports
Contamination
Cysts
Disease
Fever
Gastroenteritis
Gynecology
Health aspects
Infection
Infections
Literature reviews
Metronidazole
Obstetrics
Ovaries
Pain
Pelvis
Salmonella
Sepsis
Septic shock
Vagina
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Summary:Salmonella is an extremely rare cause of an infected endometrioma. We present a case of a 30-year-old immunocompetent woman presenting with fevers and abdominal pain, on a background of prior endometriosis. Initial antibiotic treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease failed, and the patient progressed to septic shock requiring surgical evacuation of an infected ovarian endometrioma. Microbiological samples from stool, ovary, and peritoneal fluid revealed infection with Salmonella senftenberg. The likely diagnosis was Salmonella enterocolitis with bacterial translocation to an ovarian endometrioma.
ISSN:2090-6684
2090-6692
DOI:10.1155/2020/3581091