title: Streptococcus pyogenes: an unusual cause of salpingitis. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Streptococcus pyogenes can colonize genitourinary tract, but it is a rare cause of salpingitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of bilateral salpingitis due to Streptococcus pyogenes in a 34-year-old woman using an intra-uterine device and which occurred following a family history of recurrent S. pyogenes infections. We review 12 other cases reported in the literature, and discuss the pathophysiological mechanisms of this potentially life-threatening disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to take into account consider Streptococcus pyogenes as a cause of acute salpingitis in the context of recent intra-familial Streptococcus pyogenes infections.
authors.affiliation: Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France. mathieu.blot@chu-dijon.fr.|Département d'Infectiologie, CHU, 14 rue Paul Gaffarel, 21079, Dijon Cedex, France. mathieu.blot@chu-dijon.fr.
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blot
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Curraize
authors.affiliation: Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salmon-Rousseau
authors.affiliation: Département de Radiologie, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gehin
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bador
authors.affiliation: Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chavanet
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neuwirth
authors.affiliation: Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Piroth
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Amoureux
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007434:Intrauterine Devices; D012008:Recurrence; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Carriage; Group A Streptococcus; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Salpingitis; Streptococcus pyogenes