Enterobius vermicularis infestation of the female genital tract causing generalised peritonitis case report

TY - JOUR

T1 - Enterobius vermicularis infestation of the female genital tract causing generalised peritonitis case report

AU - Khan, J. S.

AU - Steele, R. J. C.

AU - Stewart, D.

PY - 1981/6

Y1 - 1981/6

N2 - Enterobius (Oxyuris) vermicularis is the only nematode which infests man. It inhabits the large intestine and is of low pathogenicity. The ova are occasionally found in ectopic sites within the peritoneal cavity, usually as an asymptomatic granuloma. We describe the first patient to present with generalised peritonitis caused by rupture of a tubo-ovarian abscess containing the ova of Enterobius vermicularis.

AB - Enterobius (Oxyuris) vermicularis is the only nematode which infests man. It inhabits the large intestine and is of low pathogenicity. The ova are occasionally found in ectopic sites within the peritoneal cavity, usually as an asymptomatic granuloma. We describe the first patient to present with generalised peritonitis caused by rupture of a tubo-ovarian abscess containing the ova of Enterobius vermicularis.

KW - Abscess

KW - Fallopian Tube Diseases

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Ovarian Diseases

KW - Oxyuriasis

KW - Peritonitis

KW - Rupture, Spontaneous

U2 - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01230.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01230.x

M3 - Article

C2 - 7248224

SN - 0306-5456

VL - 88

SP - 681

EP - 683

JO - BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

JF - BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

IS - 6

ER -