A 31-year-old woman with no significant medical history underwent gel foam embolization
of the right uterine artery and both internal iliac arteries because of severe hemorrhage
after a cesarean section. Two weeks later, she developed the first in a series of
recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Despite successive antibiotic treatments
with nitrofurantoin, trimethoprim, and amoxicillin/clavulanate, she complained of
urinary urgency, frequency, abdominal pain, and eventually, the sensation that something
was protruding through her urethra.
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Cite this article as van Nieuwkoop C, Tijsterman JD, Van Dissel JT. Gather ye buds. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;199:207.e1-207.e2.
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