TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS ASSOCIATED WITH CANDIDA-GLABRATA IN A WOMAN WITH AN INTRAUTERINE-DEVICE - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
TOY EC SCERPELLA EG RIGGS JW
Citation
Ec. Toy et al., TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS ASSOCIATED WITH CANDIDA-GLABRATA IN A WOMAN WITH AN INTRAUTERINE-DEVICE - A CASE-REPORT, Journal of reproductive medicine, 40(3), 1995, pp. 223-225
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Journal of reproductive medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00247758
Volume
40
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
223 - 225
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-7758(1995)40:3<223:TAAWCI>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Candidal infection has been associated extensively with serious infect ions. Its role in genital tract infections has consisted largely of vu lvovaginitis, with serious upper genital tract infection a rarity. A 4 7-year-old woman with an intrauterine device had Candida glabrata in a large tuboovarian abscess and recovered only after removal of the abs cess and treatment with amphotericin B.