Lymphogranuloma venereum in a pregnant woman.
Lymphogranuloma venereum was diagnosed postpartum in a young black woman, who was a drug abuser. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from aspirate of a left inguinal mass, and the patient was also seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus. During hospitalization she was treated with ampicillin, gentamicin, and doxycycline. Her twin infant girls had no evidence of C. trachomatis infection. The mother was discharged from the hospital after partial resolution of the left inguinal mass and was lost to follow-up.
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Department of Pediatrics, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.
Hammerschlag
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Roblin
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Di Pasquale
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D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008219:Lymphogranuloma Venereum / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D014427:Twins