Unusual Presentation of Streptococcus anginosus With Severe Sepsis, Liver Abscess Secondary to Biliary Tract Perforation
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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 Medical Cases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1923-4155,1923-4163
DOI: 10.14740/jmc2326w