Abstract
Forty-one women with pelvic abscesses complicating salpingitis were treated with parenteral cefotaxime, a newer cephalosporin. Abscesses ranged in size from 4 by 4 to 13 by 15 cm, and in 10 women (24%) they were ≥10 cm. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was recovered from the endocervix in 17 women (41%). A mean of 26.7 gm of cefotaxime was given over a mean of 6.5 days, and operation was not required during initial therapy. Only two women (5%) required the addition of another antimicrobial. Chronic pelvic pain and recurrent infection were infrequent during the 31- to 43-month follow-up period. Five women (12%) were readmitted for elective surgical therapy because of persistent or recurrent adnexal mass 1 to 33 months following study entry. Six (15%) women became pregnant and were delivered of their infants a mean of 25 months following cefotaxime therapy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 771-777 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | American journal of obstetrics and gynecology |
Volume | 151 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 15 1985 |
Keywords
- Salpingitis
- cefotaxime
- pelvic abscess
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Obstetrics and Gynecology