Wu Carolyn M Yu, Noska Amanda
Department of Internal Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Miriam Hospital and Immunology Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Department of Infectious Diseases, Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Mar 10;2016:bcr2015213236. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-213236.
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are rarely associated with serious infections. We report an unusual concomitant infection of group A Streptococcus (GAS) causing toxic shock syndrome and pelvic abscess with Actinomyces odontolyticus associated with an IUD in a healthy 50-year-old patient. The IUD was subsequently removed and the patient recovered on the appropriate antibiotics. This case highlights the importance of clinicians' high index of suspicion of an IUD infection and prompt removal of the infected foreign body to obtain source control.
宫内节育器(IUD)很少与严重感染相关。我们报告了一例不寻常的病例,一名50岁健康患者的宫内节育器合并A组链球菌(GAS)感染导致中毒性休克综合征和盆腔脓肿,并伴有溶齿放线菌感染。随后取出了宫内节育器,患者在使用适当抗生素后康复。该病例强调了临床医生对宫内节育器感染高度怀疑的重要性,以及及时取出感染异物以实现源头控制的重要性。