Figure 1. Abdominal CT scan showing a left tubo-ovarian abscess.
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Case Report
Volume 10, Number 4, April 2019, pages 97-100
Pelvic Peritonitis Caused by Campylobacter rectus Infection: Case Report and Literature Review
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| Ref | Year | Sex/age | Health risk factors | Oral exam | Diagnosis | Treatment | Medication | Outcome | Associated organisms | Presumed pathogenesis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [4] | 1984 | M/62 | Chronic alcoholism | Poor oral hygiene, periodontitis, dental abscess | Thoracic wall abscess | Drainage, antibiotics | Penicillin | Recovery | Actinomyces viscosus | Swallowing of dental plaque |
| [14] | 1990 | F/62 | Good oral hygiene | Brain abscess | Drainage, antibiotics | Penicillin, chloramphenicol relayed by penicillin, clindamycin | Recovery | Streptococcus intermedius | ||
| [5] | 1994 | M/37 | Good health | Poor oral hygiene, periodontitis, dental abscess | Sacroiliitis, septicemia, septic shock | Surgical exploration | Imipenem relayed by penicillin, clindamycin | Recovery | Actinomyces odontolytics | Periodontitis |
| [11] | 2003 | F/32 | Lymphoma, neutropenia, nipple piercing | Breast abscess | Drainage, antibiotics | Vancomycin, clindamycin, aztreonam | Recovery | Non-group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus | ||
| [7] | 2006 | F/41 | Good health | Intracranial aneurysm with subdural empyema | Embolization, drainage, antibiotics | Vancomycin, ceftriaxone relayed by metronidazole | Death | Porphyromonas gingivalis, Propionibacterium acnes | ||
| [12] | 2006 | M/54 | Diabetus, hypertension, cholesterol, smoker | Subdural empyema | Drainage, resective surgery, antibiotics | Vancomycin, ceftazidime, metronidazole relayed by ceftriaxone, metronidazole | Recovery | None | Sinusitis and bone defect | |
| [15] | 2008 | M/24 | Chronic otitis, meningoradiculitis | Vertebral abscess | Drainage, antibiotics | Ceftriaxone relayed by clindamycin | Recovery | Actinomyces, Eubacterium brachy | ||
| [6] | 2008 | M/66 | Gastro-esophageal adenocarcinoma, smoker | Poor oral hygiene | Palate abscess | Drainage, antibiotics | Amoxicillin-clavulanate | Recovery | Viridans streptococci | |
| [7] | 2009 | M/64 | Good health | Poor oral hygiene, gingivitis, dental abscess | Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the right thigh and femoral fracture | Amputation, antibiotics | Amoxicillin-clavulanate, ciprofloxacin | Recovery | Porphyromonas gingivalis, Diphtheroid bacilli, coagulase-negative staphylococci | Periodontitis |
| [7] | 2009 | M/56 | Good health | Poor oral hygiene, gingivitis, dental abscess | Right thoracic empyema | Drainage, antibiotics | Amoxicillin-clavulanate | Recovery | Streptococcus constellatus, Fusobacterium nucleatum | Periodontitis |
| [13] | 2014 | M/55 | Dental extraction 12 weeks previously | Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis | Antibiotics | Vancomycin, clindamycin, piperacillin-tazobactam relayed by ertapenem | Recovery | None | ||
| [16] | 2016 | M/15 | Left acute otitis media | Antibiotics | Ampicillin | Recovery | None | |||
| [8] | 2017 | M/75 | Diabetus | Poor oral hygiene, dental plaque | Left thoracic empyema | Drainage, antibiotics | Sulbactam-ampicillin relayed by quinolone | Recovery | None | |
| [9] | 2017 | M/66 | Dental extraction 10 weeks previously | Periodontitis, dental abscess | Mastoitidis and brain abscess | Drainage, antibiotics | Meropenem relayed by doxycycline | Recovery | None | Dental abscess |
| [10] | 2018 | M/69 | Kidney failure, atherosclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic alcoholism | Poor oral hygiene | Right thoracic empyema and septic shock | Drainage, antibiotics | Amoxicillin-clavulanate, amikacin | Death | Actinomyces meyeri | Periodontitis |