Jul 16, 2020
Invasive non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae infection due to endometritis associated with adenomyosis.
BMC infectious diseases
- Volume
- 20
- Number
- 1
- First page
- 521
- Last page
- 521
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12879-020-05193-2
- Publisher
- BMC
BACKGROUND: The widespread administration of the Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine has led to the predominance of non-typable H. influenzae (NTHi). However, the occurrence of invasive NTHi infection based on gynecologic diseases is still rare. CASE PRESENTATION: A 51-year-old Japanese woman with a history of adenomyoma presented with fever. Blood cultures and a vaginal discharge culture were positive with NTHi. With the high uptake in the uterus with 67Ga scintigraphy, she was diagnosed with invasive NTHi infection. In addition to antibiotic administrations, a total hysterectomy was performed. The pathological analysis found microabscess formations in adenomyosis. CONCLUSIONS: Although NTHi bacteremia consequent to a microabscess in adenomyosis is rare, this case emphasizes the need to consider the uterus as a potential source of infection in patients with underlying gynecological diseases, including an invasive NTHi infection with no known primary focus.
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- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05193-2
- PubMed
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32678023
- PubMed Central
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7367316
- Web of Science
- https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000552431500010&DestApp=WOS_CPL
- ID information
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- DOI : 10.1186/s12879-020-05193-2
- eISSN : 1471-2334
- Pubmed ID : 32678023
- Pubmed Central ID : PMC7367316
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000552431500010