Successful outpatient management of pelvic actinomycosis by ceftriaxone: a report of three cases

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Eda Demir Onal²  Akif Altinbas²  Ibrahim Koral Onal²  Sibel Ascioglu¹  Meltem Gulsun Akpinar¹  Cigdem Himmetoglu¹  Yesim Cetinkaya Sardan¹ 

[1] ,Hacettepe University Medical School Department of Internal Medicine

关键词: Ceftriaxone;    actinomycosis;    penicillins;    pelvic neoplasms;    intrauterine devices;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-86702009000500016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Pelvic actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous suppurative disease caused by actinomyces israeli. Intravenous penicillin is the preferred antimicrobial but it requires hospitalization up to one month. An outpatient treatment strategy would be cost effective and a good choice for patients. Here we present three cases in which intramuscular ceftriaxone was successfully used in the outpatient settings following surgery and IV penicillin treatment in the hospital.

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