Portal vein thrombosis and liver abscess due to Lactococcus lactis

Galip Güz; Zeynep Arzu Yeğin; Ibrahim Doğan; Kenan Hizel; Musa Bali; Sükrü Sindel

Portal vein thrombosis and liver abscess due to Lactococcus lactis

Turk J Gastroenterol. 2006 Jun;17(2):144-7.

Authors

Galip Güz¹, Zeynep Arzu Yeğin, Ibrahim Doğan, Kenan Hizel, Musa Bali, Sükrü Sindel

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. [email protected]

PMID: 16830302

Abstract

A 26-year-old man was admitted with fever and abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasonography and Doppler ultrasound eventually revealed portal vein thrombosis and a pyogenic liver abscess (17x11x11 cm). Lactococcus lactis was isolated from a culture of the abscess material. This organism is not a common pathogen in humans. This is the first published description of portal vein thrombosis and pyogenic liver abscess due to L. lactis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Catheterization
Drainage
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnostic imaging
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / therapy
Heparin / therapeutic use
Humans
Lactococcus lactis / isolation & purification*
Liver Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Liver Abscess / microbiology*
Liver Abscess / therapy
Male
Meropenem
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Portal Vein / diagnostic imaging
Portal Vein / microbiology*
Thienamycins / therapeutic use
Ultrasonography, Doppler
Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Venous Thrombosis / drug therapy
Venous Thrombosis / microbiology*
Warfarin / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anticoagulants
Thienamycins
Warfarin
Heparin
Meropenem