Pelvic actinomycosis-like disease due to Propionibacterium propionicum after hysteroscopic removal of an intrauterine device.
A female patient presented with episodes of fever and pain in the lower right abdomen after hysteroscopic removal of an intrauterine device 2 months earlier. Pelvic actinomycosis originating from a tubo-ovarian abscess was diagnosed with Propionibacterium propionicum, formerly known as Arachnia propionica, as causative agent.
Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, E4-68, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands. h.f.wunderink@lumc.nl
Herman F
HF
Wunderink
Eileen E L O
EE
Lashley
Mariëtte I E
MI
van Poelgeest
Katja N
KN
Gaarenstroom
Eric C J
EC
Claas
Ed J
EJ
Kuijper
D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007434:Intrauterine Devices / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011424:Propionibacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D004269:DNA, Bacterial