Streptococcus mitis Abscesses Mimicking Liver Metastases

Streptococcus mitis (S. mitis) is a commensal bacterial species that commonly colonizes the oropharynx and gastrointestinal tract. It is seldom reported as a human pathogen. However, immunocompromised individuals may be at risk of infection. We describe a 62-year-old male with prostate cancer who pr...

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Autores principales: Elnaggar, Mohamed, Mahboob, Sumaiya, Beutler, Bryce D, Hanfy, Ahmed, Canaday, Omar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Infectious Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7386050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32754393
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8852
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author Elnaggar, Mohamed
Mahboob, Sumaiya
Beutler, Bryce D
Hanfy, Ahmed
Canaday, Omar
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description Streptococcus mitis (S. mitis) is a commensal bacterial species that commonly colonizes the oropharynx and gastrointestinal tract. It is seldom reported as a human pathogen. However, immunocompromised individuals may be at risk of infection. We describe a 62-year-old male with prostate cancer who presented with multiple S. mitis abscesses masquerading as metastases. In addition, we discuss the differential diagnosis and treatment options for this rare opportunistic infection.
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spelling pubmed-73860502020-08-03 Streptococcus mitis Abscesses Mimicking Liver Metastases Elnaggar, Mohamed Mahboob, Sumaiya Beutler, Bryce D Hanfy, Ahmed Canaday, Omar Cureus Infectious Disease Streptococcus mitis (S. mitis) is a commensal bacterial species that commonly colonizes the oropharynx and gastrointestinal tract. It is seldom reported as a human pathogen. However, immunocompromised individuals may be at risk of infection. We describe a 62-year-old male with prostate cancer who presented with multiple S. mitis abscesses masquerading as metastases. In addition, we discuss the differential diagnosis and treatment options for this rare opportunistic infection. Cureus 2020-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7386050/ /pubmed/32754393 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8852 Text en Copyright © 2020, Elnaggar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Streptococcus mitis Abscesses Mimicking Liver Metastases
title Streptococcus mitis Abscesses Mimicking Liver Metastases
title_full Streptococcus mitis Abscesses Mimicking Liver Metastases
title_fullStr Streptococcus mitis Abscesses Mimicking Liver Metastases
title_full_unstemmed Streptococcus mitis Abscesses Mimicking Liver Metastases
title_short Streptococcus mitis Abscesses Mimicking Liver Metastases
title_sort streptococcus mitis abscesses mimicking liver metastases
topic Infectious Disease
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7386050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32754393
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8852
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