Salmonella stanley ovarian abscess with endometrioma in a pregnant woman in the third trimester

•Salmonella stanley can be identified according to the Kauffman-White scheme.•Ovarian abscesses without tubal involvement can occur as metastatic infections.•Th2 cytokine dominance in pregnant women increases susceptibility to Salmonella. Ovarian abscesses infected with Salmonella species are a rare...

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Published inIDCases Vol. 24; p. e01068
Main Authors Toyoshima, Hirokazu, Hagimoto, Miki, Tanigawa, Motoaki, Tanaka, Hiroyuki, Nakanishi, Yuki, Sakabe, Shigetoshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2021
Elsevier
Subjects
Case Report
Endometrioma
Ovarian abscess
Pregnancy
Salmonella stanley
Pregnancy
Ovarian abscess
Salmonella stanley
Endometrioma
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Summary:•Salmonella stanley can be identified according to the Kauffman-White scheme.•Ovarian abscesses without tubal involvement can occur as metastatic infections.•Th2 cytokine dominance in pregnant women increases susceptibility to Salmonella. Ovarian abscesses infected with Salmonella species are a rare clinical occurrence. A 26-year-old woman at 36 weeks gestation presented with high fever, left lower abdominal pain, and diarrhea; she was referred to our hospital 5 days after a vaginal delivery. She was diagnosed with a left ovarian abscess and underwent abscess enucleation. According to the stool findings, we speculated that the abscess was infected with Salmonella species; appropriate antibiotics were administered after the positive identification of Salmonella stanley. This case highlights the importance of treating infections in pelvic abscesses appropriately to limit the effects on fertility.
ISSN:2214-2509
2214-2509
DOI:10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01068