Gonococcal peritonitis diagnosed post laparotomy in a 38-year-old woman: a case report
Open Access
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Cases Journal
- Vol. 2 (1), 8080
- https://doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8080
Abstract
A 38-year-old South African lady with a background history of cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia and recent colposcopy presented to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain. Initial investigations were non-diagnostic and despite empirical antibiotic therapy the patient developed peritonism. Post-laprotomy the diagnosis of severe pelvic inflammatory disease and peritonitis secondary to infection with Neisseria Gonorrhoea was made.Keywords
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