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A case of liver abscess and fusobacterium septicemia

Fusobacterium species are well described as the causative pathogen in Lemierre’s syndrome, a suppurative thrombophlebitis of the jugular vein. However, they are less recognized for a unique variant of Lemierre’s syndrome presenting with invasive intraabdominal infection and associated portal vein th...

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Autores principales: Rahmati, Elham, She, Rosemary C., Kazmierski, Brittany, Geiseler, P. Jan, Wong, Darren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28736715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.06.013
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author Rahmati, Elham
She, Rosemary C.
Kazmierski, Brittany
Geiseler, P. Jan
Wong, Darren
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description Fusobacterium species are well described as the causative pathogen in Lemierre’s syndrome, a suppurative thrombophlebitis of the jugular vein. However, they are less recognized for a unique variant of Lemierre’s syndrome presenting with invasive intraabdominal infection and associated portal vein thrombosis. We describe a case of Fusobacterium nucleatum with hepatic abscess and septic pylephlebitis.
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spelling pubmed-55104922017-07-21 A case of liver abscess and fusobacterium septicemia Rahmati, Elham She, Rosemary C. Kazmierski, Brittany Geiseler, P. Jan Wong, Darren IDCases Case Report Fusobacterium species are well described as the causative pathogen in Lemierre’s syndrome, a suppurative thrombophlebitis of the jugular vein. However, they are less recognized for a unique variant of Lemierre’s syndrome presenting with invasive intraabdominal infection and associated portal vein thrombosis. We describe a case of Fusobacterium nucleatum with hepatic abscess and septic pylephlebitis. Elsevier 2017-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5510492/ /pubmed/28736715 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.06.013 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28736715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.06.013
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