Successful Outpatient Management of Pelvic Actinomycosis by Ceftriaxone: A Report of Three Cases

Onal, Eda; Altinbas, Akif; ÖNAL, İBRAHİM; AŞÇIOĞLU HAYRAN, SİBEL; GÜLSÜN AKPINAR, MELTEM; Himmetoglu, Cigdem; Sardan, Yesim

doi:10.1590/s1413-86702009000500016

Successful Outpatient Management of Pelvic Actinomycosis by Ceftriaxone: A Report of Three Cases

Onal E. D., Altinbas A., ÖNAL İ. K., AŞÇIOĞLU HAYRAN S., GÜLSÜN AKPINAR M., Himmetoglu C., ...Daha Fazla

BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, cilt.13, sa.5, ss.391-393, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 5
Basım Tarihi: 2009
Doi Numarası: 10.1590/s1413-86702009000500016
Dergi Adı: BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.391-393
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.