Multiple liver abscesses and bacteremia caused by Streptococcus constellatus infection: a case report

The Streptococcus milleri group (SMG) comprises commensal mucosal bacteria. Pyogenic liver abscesses due to hematogenous SMG infection are rare but can be observed even in healthy patients. In such cases, physicians should consider the existence of primary lesions that allow penetration of the SMG.

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Autores principales: Akuzawa, Nobuhiro, Hatori, Takashi, Kitahara, Yonosuke, Kurabayashi, Masahiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5224772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28096994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.774
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author Akuzawa, Nobuhiro
Hatori, Takashi
Kitahara, Yonosuke
Kurabayashi, Masahiko
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description The Streptococcus milleri group (SMG) comprises commensal mucosal bacteria. Pyogenic liver abscesses due to hematogenous SMG infection are rare but can be observed even in healthy patients. In such cases, physicians should consider the existence of primary lesions that allow penetration of the SMG.
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spelling pubmed-52247722017-01-17 Multiple liver abscesses and bacteremia caused by Streptococcus constellatus infection: a case report Akuzawa, Nobuhiro Hatori, Takashi Kitahara, Yonosuke Kurabayashi, Masahiko Clin Case Rep Case Reports The Streptococcus milleri group (SMG) comprises commensal mucosal bacteria. Pyogenic liver abscesses due to hematogenous SMG infection are rare but can be observed even in healthy patients. In such cases, physicians should consider the existence of primary lesions that allow penetration of the SMG. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5224772/ /pubmed/28096994 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.774 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Akuzawa, Nobuhiro
Hatori, Takashi
Kitahara, Yonosuke
Kurabayashi, Masahiko
Multiple liver abscesses and bacteremia caused by Streptococcus constellatus infection: a case report
title Multiple liver abscesses and bacteremia caused by Streptococcus constellatus infection: a case report
title_full Multiple liver abscesses and bacteremia caused by Streptococcus constellatus infection: a case report
title_fullStr Multiple liver abscesses and bacteremia caused by Streptococcus constellatus infection: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Multiple liver abscesses and bacteremia caused by Streptococcus constellatus infection: a case report
title_short Multiple liver abscesses and bacteremia caused by Streptococcus constellatus infection: a case report
title_sort multiple liver abscesses and bacteremia caused by streptococcus constellatus infection: a case report
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5224772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28096994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.774
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