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A 54-year-old-woman presented with fevers, weight loss, and abdominal pain. Imaging showed an intrauterine device surrounded by multiple abdominopelvic abscesses. Actinomyces israelii was grown on culture.

Noriko Arakaki, M.D.
Yusuke Oshiro, M.D.
Nakagami Hospital, Okinawa City, Japan
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