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Clostridium tertium: An Unusual Cause of Pyogenic Liver Abscess
Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is the result of portal vein pyemia, which usually originates from the hepatobiliary system or the gastrointestinal tract. Gram-negative organisms are the most common causative pathogens in PLA. Clostridium tertium is an anaerobic gram-positive, low-virulence organism th...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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American College of Gastroenterology
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29670926 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2018.30 |
Sumario: | Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is the result of portal vein pyemia, which usually originates from the hepatobiliary system or the gastrointestinal tract. Gram-negative organisms are the most common causative pathogens in PLA. Clostridium tertium is an anaerobic gram-positive, low-virulence organism that most commonly affects neutropenic patients with hematological malignancy and has not been reported to cause PLA. We report an unusual presentation of a C. tertium infection as a PLA in a previously healthy, immunocompetent patient with no identifiable source of portal pyemia. |
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