Spontaneous bacterial empyema due to non-O1, non-O139 Vibrio cholerae in a cirrhotic patient with hepatocellular carcinoma

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 May;73(1):84-5. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.01.011.

Abstract

Vibrio cholerae is known as a common etiology of epidemic diarrheal disease and rarely causes extra-intestinal infections. In this report, we described a cirrhotic patient with hepatocellular carcinoma who developed spontaneous bacterial empyema due to non-O1, non-O139 V. cholerae. The patient was successfully treated with antimicrobial agents and percutaneous drainage.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / complications*
  • Cholera / diagnosis
  • Cholera / microbiology
  • Cholera / pathology
  • Cholera / therapy
  • Drainage
  • Empyema / diagnosis*
  • Empyema / microbiology*
  • Empyema / pathology
  • Empyema / therapy
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Vibrio cholerae / classification
  • Vibrio cholerae / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents