Open AccessBartholin’s gland abscess caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in a sexually active young woman
Author(s) -
Rui Soares,
Teresa Reis,
Frederico Valido,
Catarina Chaves
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2018-228492
Subject(s) - medicine , vagina , streptococcus pneumoniae , abscess , sex organ , population , gynecology , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics , genetics , environmental health
Gynaecological infections are frequent in women, particularly in young women during their reproductive time. Anatomophysiologically, Bartholin's gland is greatly susceptible to infections and is characterised by an inherent polymicrobial population. In fact, gynaecological microbiota has a set of agents coming from the perianal region that colonise the vagina and, in particular, Bartholin's gland. Taking this into account, infections caused by agents that do not belong to the genital microbiota are less frequent. Here, we describe a case of a 23-year-old young woman with an abscess in Bartholin's gland caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae .