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Patient Year Author Sex Age, y Abdomen °C Present Complaint Imaging Surgery Cultures Antibiotic Therapy Comment Outcome
19 2010 Tilanus et al17 F 35 Yes 38.5 Yes Diarrhea then CT Laparotomy Blood Amoxicillin/clavulanate (IV) + Lived
Moftakhar et al
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22 2010 Monneuse F 35* Yes ND Yes ND CT Laparotomy Blood, peritoneal ND Lived
et al18 fluid
23 2010 Monneuse F 35* Yes ND Yes ND CT Laparotomy Blood, peritoneal ND Lived
et al18 fluid, Wound
24 2010 Monneuse F 35* Yes ND Yes ND CT Laparotomy Blood, peritoneal ND Lived
et al18 fluid
25 2010 Monneuse F 35* Yes ND Yes ND CT Laparotomy Blood, peritoneal ND Lived
et al18 fluid
26 2010 Haap et al19 F 27 Yes 39.4 Yes Abdominal pain, US, CT Laparotomy Blood Piperacillin/tazobactam (IV) + Lived
nausea, diarrhea metronidazole (IV) + ciprofloxacin (IV)
20
27 2011 Legras et al F 23 Yes 39.0 Yes Abdominal pain, CT Laparoscopy Fibrinopurulent Ceftriaxone (IV) + metronidazole (IV) + Lived
vomiting membranes at levofloxacin (IV) then amoxicillin (PO)
surgery
28 2012 Park et al21 F 29 Yes 38.0 Yes Abdominal pain CT Laparoscopy Blood, peritoneal Ampicillin/sulbactam (IV) then Menses 3 wks Lived
fluid, cervical penicillin G (IV) + metronidazole (IV) prior
swab
29 2012 Preece et al22 F 17 Yes 39.5 Yes Abdominal pain, CT Laparoscopy Peritoneal fluid Penicillin G (IV) then penicillin V (PO) + Pharyngitis Lived
vomiting, diarrhea metronidazole (PO) + doxycycline (PO) 2 wks prior
23
30 2014 Munros et al F 21 Yes 36.7 Yes Abdominal pain CT Laparoscopy then Peritoneal fluid Clindamycin (IV) + gentamicin (IV) Lived
Laparotomy then piperacillin/tazobactam (IV) +
doxycycline (IV)
31 2014 Nogami et al24 F 40 Yes 35.8 Yes Anorexia, myalgias, CT Laparotomy Blood, peritoneal Meropenem (IV) + vancomycin (IV) Lived
abdominal pain fluid then ampicillin/sulbactam (IV)
25
32 2015 Kaneko et al F 28 Yes 40.0 Yes Abdominal pain, CT No Blood Cefmetazole (IV) + minocycline (IV) then Lived
diarrhea penicillin G (IV) + clindamycin (IV)
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33 2015 Malota et al F 23 Yes 39.1 Yes Abdominal pain None Laparoscopy then Blood, peritoneal Piperacillin/tazobactam (IV) then Tonsillitis few Died
Laparotomy fluid days prior
(second-look)
34 2015 Malota et al26 F 34 Yes ND Yes Abdominal pain CT Laparotomy Blood, peritoneal Cefazolin (IV) + metronidazole (IV) then Hysteroscopic Lived
fluid Imipenem (IV) + vancomycin (IV) removal of
intrauterine
F indicates female; IV, intravenous; M, male; ND, no data available; PO, per os (oral); Tmax, maximum recorded temperature; XR, x-Ray finding.
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