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Case Reports
. 2003 Dec;9(12):1642-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid0912.020566.

Chlamydophila abortus pelvic inflammatory disease

Gernot Walder  1 , Herwig Meusburger, Helmut Hotzel, Albrecht Oehme, Walter Neunteufel, Manfred P Dierich, Reinhard Würzner
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Chlamydophila abortus pelvic inflammatory disease

Gernot Walder et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

We report the first documented case of an extragestational infection with Chlamydophila abortus in humans. The pathogen was identified in a patient with severe pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) by sequence analysis of the ompA gene. Our findings raise the possibility that Chlamydiaceae other than Chlamydia trachomatis are involved in PID.

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Diffuse coalescences between uterus and fallopian tubes (the ovary is hidden behind the uterus).
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