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Jul 16, 2020

Invasive non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae infection due to endometritis associated with adenomyosis.

BMC infectious diseases
  • Yoshito Nishimura
  • Hideharu Hagiya
  • Kaoru Kawano
  • Yuya Yokota
  • Kosuke Oka
  • Koji Iio
  • Kou Hasegawa
  • Mikako Obika
  • Tomoko Haruma
  • Sawako Ono
  • Hisashi Masuyama
  • Fumio Otsuka
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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
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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

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