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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2003, p. 2788-2790, Vol. 41, No. 6
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2788-2790.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Tuboovarian Abscess Caused by Atopobium vaginae following Transvaginal Oocyte Recovery

Walter Geißdörfer,1 Christoph Böhmer,2 Klaus Pelz,3 Christoph Schoerner,1 Wolfgang Frobenius,2 and Christian Bogdan1*

Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene,1 Department for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen,2 Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany3

Received 24 October 2002/ Returned for modification 14 January 2003/ Accepted 17 March 2003

A 39-year-old woman with tubarian sterility fell ill with acute pelvic inflammatory disease 2 months after transvaginal oocyte recovery. Laparotomy revealed a large tuboovarian abscess, from which Atopobium vaginae, an anaerobic gram-positive coccoid bacterium of hitherto unknown clinical significance, was isolated. The microbial etiology and the risk of pelvic infections following transvaginal punctures are discussed.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Abteilung Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Hermann-Herder-Straße 11, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany. Phone: 49-761-203-6531. Fax: 49-761-203-6651. E-mail: bogdancn{at}ukl.uni-freiburg.de. Wasserturmstrasse 3, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. Phone: 49-9131-852-2647. Fax: 49-9131-852-2573. E-mail: christian.bogdan@mikrobio.med.uni-erlangen.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2003, p. 2788-2790, Vol. 41, No. 6
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2788-2790.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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