title: Tuboovarian abscess caused by Atopobium vaginae following transvaginal oocyte recovery.
abstract: A 39-year-old woman with tubarian sterility fell ill with acute pelvic inflammatory disease 2 months after transvaginal oocyte recovery. Laparotomy revealed a large tuboovarian abscess, from which Atopobium vaginae, an anaerobic gram-positive coccoid bacterium of hitherto unknown clinical significance, was isolated. The microbial etiology and the risk of pelvic infections following transvaginal punctures are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene. Department for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Geissdörfer
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Böhmer
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pelz
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schoerner
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Frobenius
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bogdan
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D039903:Actinobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000328:Adult; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000628:therapy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D014621:Vagina / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S