Colorectal Cancer Associated with Streptococcus anginosus Bacteremia and Liver Abscesses
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Colorectal Cancer Associated with Streptococcus anginosus Bacteremia and Liver Abscesses
Streptococcus anginosus is part of the normal flora of the human gastrointestinal tract. Their ability to cause abscesses is very unique and sets them apart from the rest of the streptococci groups. While an association of group D streptococcus bacteremia and endocarditis with colorectal carcinoma is well established, S. anginosus infections are rarely implicated with colonic malignancy. We pre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Gastroenterology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1662-0631
DOI: 10.1159/000452757