Liver abscess associated with an oral flora bacterium Streptococcus anginosus
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Liver abscess associated with persistent Streptococcus anginosus bacteremia.
A 48-year-old Samoan man presented to Tupua Tamasese Hospital in Apia, Samoa, with a 3-day history of abdominal pain and fever. Abdominal ultrasonography showed a liver abscess measuring cm. Despite surgical drainage and ther-7 ϫ 8 apy with intravenous amoxycillin and clavulanic acid, high intermittent fevers persisted. An a-hemolytic streptococcus was isolated from the surgical specimens. The ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2146-3158,2146-9369
DOI: 10.5799/ahinjs.02.2012.01.0039