Table 1 Review of the literature
Reference (year) | Author | Age/Gender | Presumed source | Computed tomography | Laparotomy | Peritoneal fluid culture | Blood cultures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[26]/1970 | Friedland and Harris | 20/F | Unidentified | No | Yes | + | + |
[31]/1989 | Bukovsky et al. | 33/F | Unidentified | No | No | – | + |
[32]/1989 | Davis et al. | 21/F | Unidentified | No | Yes | + | ND |
[34]/1990 | Christen et al. | 50/F | Unidentified | No | Yes | + | + |
[34]/1990 | Christen et al. | 58/F | Unidentified | No | Yes | + | ND |
[35]/1990 | Casadevall et al. | 87/F | Unidentified | No | Yes | + | + |
[35]/1990 | Casadevall et al. | 42/F | Unidentified | Yes | No | + | ND |
[36]/1992 | Tariq and Joseph | 27/F | Unidentified | Yes | No | – | + |
[37]/1992 | Kunkler et al. | 36/F | Unidentified | No | Yes | + | – |
[37]/1992 | Kunkler et al. | 38/F | Unidentified | No | No | ND | + |
[38]/1993 | Bruyn | 35/F | Unidentified | No | Yes | + | + |
[39]/1995 | Graham et al. | 39/F | Unidentified | No | Yes | + | – |
[40]/1998 | Hemsley and Eykyn | 36/F | Unitendified | No | Yes | + | – |
[35]/2001 | Fox et al. | 39/F | Unidentified | Yes | Yes | + | ND |
[36]/2001 | Ueyama et al. | 52/F | Unidentified | Yes | Yes | + | – |
[37]/2001 | Sanchez and Lancaster | 34/M | Unidentified | Yes | Laparoscopy | + | + |
[38]/2004 | Okumura et al. | 29/F | Unidentified | Yes | Yes | + | – |
[39]/2004 | Kanetake et al. | 40/M | Unidentified | Yes | Yes | + | – |
[40]/2005 | Brivet et al. | 54/F | Unidentified | Yes | Laparoscopy | ND | + |
[41]/2005 | Brivet et al. | 82/F | Unidentified | Yes | No | ND | + |
[41]/2006 | Jarvis et al. | 38/F | Unidentified | Yes | Yes | + | ND |
[42]/2006 | Saha et al. | 23/F | Unidentified | Yes | Yes | ND | + |
[44]/2008 | Doloy et al. | 35/F | Unidentified | No | Laparoscopy | + | ND |
[45]/2009 | Thomas et al. | 36/M | Unidentified | Yes | Yes | + | + |
[47]/2010 | Haap et al. | 27/F | Unidentified | Yes | Yes | ND | + |
[48]/2010 | Tilanus et al. | 39/F | Unidentified | Yes | Yes | ND | + |
[49]/2010 | Monneuse et al. | 35 (23–43) | Unidentified (4 patients) | Yes | Yes | + | + |
[50]/2011 | Legras et al. | 23/F | Unidentified | Yes | Laparoscopy | + | ND |
[51]/2013 | Malota et al. | – | Unidentified (3 patients) | Yes | Yes | + | ND |