Ruptured tubo-ovarian abscess in pregnancy: recovery of a penicillinase-producing strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
This report describes a patient, 15 weeks pregnant, who developed progressive disease of the female genital tract due to a penicillinase-producing strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Standard therapy for gonorrhea did not abort progression of disease, which culminated in a ruptured tubo-ovarian complex in the second trimester of pregnancy.
D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous