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2020


Case Rep Obstet Gynecol


2020

Bali Belly: Found in an Infected Ovarian Endometrioma.

Authors

Pathiraja PDM, Rafi J, Woolnough E, Clare A
Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. 2020; 2020:3581091.
PMID: 32908743.

Abstract

Salmonella is an extremely rare cause of an infected endometrioma. We present a case of a 30-year-old immunocompetent woman presenting with fevers and abdominal pain, on a background of prior endometriosis. Initial antibiotic treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease failed, and the patient progressed to septic shock requiring surgical evacuation of an infected ovarian endometrioma. Microbiological samples from stool, ovary, and peritoneal fluid revealed infection with . The likely diagnosis was Salmonella enterocolitis with bacterial translocation to an ovarian endometrioma.