title: Salpingitis-perihepatitis in a patient with cervical Shigella sonnei.
abstract: A case of perihepatitis-salpingitis syndrome is described in a woman from whose cervix Shigella sonnei was isolated. Her sexual practices included anal, then vaginal, intercourse, which may account for the pathogenesis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology*; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000302:isolation & purification