Pelvic actinomycosis-like disease due to Propionibacterium propionicum after hysteroscopic removal of an intrauterine device |
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| Authors: | Wunderink Herman F Lashley Eileen E L O van Poelgeest Mariëtte I E Gaarenstroom Katja N Claas Eric C J Kuijper Ed J |
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| Affiliation: | Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, E4-68, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands. h.f.wunderink@lumc.nl |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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