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Enterobius vermicularis salpingitis seen in the setting of ectopic pregnancy in a Malaysian patient: A case report

We report a rare and unusual case of invasive Enterobius vermicularis infection in a fallopian tube. The patient is a 23-year-old woman from Malaysia who presented with suprapubic pain and vaginal bleeding. A clinical diagnosis of ruptured right ovarian ectopic pregnancy was made. She underwent a la...

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Main Authors: Ngui, R., Ravindran, S., Ong, D.B.L., Chow, T.K., Low, K.P., Nureena, Z.S., Rajoo, Y., Chin, Y.T., Amir, A., Ahmad, A.F., Lim, Y.A.L., Mahmud, R.
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Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/12102/
http://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2014/06/26/JCM.01191-14#aff-2
http://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01191-14
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spelling my.um.eprints.121022015-01-15T13:46:49Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/12102/ Enterobius vermicularis salpingitis seen in the setting of ectopic pregnancy in a Malaysian patient: A case report Ngui, R. Ravindran, S. Ong, D.B.L. Chow, T.K. Low, K.P. Nureena, Z.S. Rajoo, Y. Chin, Y.T. Amir, A. Ahmad, A.F. Lim, Y.A.L. Mahmud, R. R Medicine We report a rare and unusual case of invasive Enterobius vermicularis infection in a fallopian tube. The patient is a 23-year-old woman from Malaysia who presented with suprapubic pain and vaginal bleeding. A clinical diagnosis of ruptured right ovarian ectopic pregnancy was made. She underwent a laparotomy with a right salpingo-oophorectomy. Histopathological examination of the right fallopian tube showed eggs and adult remnants of E. vermicularis and was confirmed using PCR and DNA sequencing. American Society for Microbiology 2014 Article PeerReviewed Ngui, R. and Ravindran, S. and Ong, D.B.L. and Chow, T.K. and Low, K.P. and Nureena, Z.S. and Rajoo, Y. and Chin, Y.T. and Amir, A. and Ahmad, A.F. and Lim, Y.A.L. and Mahmud, R. (2014) Enterobius vermicularis salpingitis seen in the setting of ectopic pregnancy in a Malaysian patient: A case report. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52 (9). pp. 3468-3470. ISSN 0095-1137 http://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2014/06/26/JCM.01191-14#aff-2 http://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01191-14
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topic R Medicine
spellingShingle R Medicine
Ngui, R.
Ravindran, S.
Ong, D.B.L.
Chow, T.K.
Low, K.P.
Nureena, Z.S.
Rajoo, Y.
Chin, Y.T.
Amir, A.
Ahmad, A.F.
Lim, Y.A.L.
Mahmud, R.
Enterobius vermicularis salpingitis seen in the setting of ectopic pregnancy in a Malaysian patient: A case report
description We report a rare and unusual case of invasive Enterobius vermicularis infection in a fallopian tube. The patient is a 23-year-old woman from Malaysia who presented with suprapubic pain and vaginal bleeding. A clinical diagnosis of ruptured right ovarian ectopic pregnancy was made. She underwent a laparotomy with a right salpingo-oophorectomy. Histopathological examination of the right fallopian tube showed eggs and adult remnants of E. vermicularis and was confirmed using PCR and DNA sequencing.
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author Ngui, R.
Ravindran, S.
Ong, D.B.L.
Chow, T.K.
Low, K.P.
Nureena, Z.S.
Rajoo, Y.
Chin, Y.T.
Amir, A.
Ahmad, A.F.
Lim, Y.A.L.
Mahmud, R.
author_facet Ngui, R.
Ravindran, S.
Ong, D.B.L.
Chow, T.K.
Low, K.P.
Nureena, Z.S.
Rajoo, Y.
Chin, Y.T.
Amir, A.
Ahmad, A.F.
Lim, Y.A.L.
Mahmud, R.
author_sort Ngui, R.
title Enterobius vermicularis salpingitis seen in the setting of ectopic pregnancy in a Malaysian patient: A case report
title_short Enterobius vermicularis salpingitis seen in the setting of ectopic pregnancy in a Malaysian patient: A case report
title_full Enterobius vermicularis salpingitis seen in the setting of ectopic pregnancy in a Malaysian patient: A case report
title_fullStr Enterobius vermicularis salpingitis seen in the setting of ectopic pregnancy in a Malaysian patient: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Enterobius vermicularis salpingitis seen in the setting of ectopic pregnancy in a Malaysian patient: A case report
title_sort enterobius vermicularis salpingitis seen in the setting of ectopic pregnancy in a malaysian patient: a case report
publisher American Society for Microbiology
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/12102/
http://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2014/06/26/JCM.01191-14#aff-2
http://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01191-14
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