IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 41 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.12891/ceog16952014

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Case Report
Salmonella ovarian abscess in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA): a case report with literature review
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1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo (Japan)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2014, 41(4), 465–467; https://doi.org/10.12891/ceog16952014
Published: 10 August 2014
Abstract

Salmonella ovarian abscess in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is reported here. A 33-year-old nulliparous woman with a 16-year history of RA who had been treated with corticosteroid and immunosuppressive drugs was diagnosed as having a non-typhoidal Salmonella ovarian abscess which might have been preceded by an occurrence of endometriotic cyst. Multidisciplinary therapy including surgical intervention was required to complete the eradication of infection. Although Salmonella ovarian abscess is rare, it may cause a serious complication in the ovary harboring endometriotic cyst through sustained presence of Salmonella bacteraemia.
Keywords
Salmonella infection
Ovarian abscess
Rheumatoid arthritis
Endometriotic cyst
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