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SUBMITTER: Geissdorfer W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC156532 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Geissdörfer Walter W Böhmer Christoph C Pelz Klaus K Schoerner Christoph C Frobenius Wolfgang W Bogdan Christian C
Journal of clinical microbiology 20030601 6
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. ...[more]