Severe sepsis caused by a gas-forming Clostridium perfringens and Klebsiella variicola liver abscess following total pancreatectomy

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Oct 4;13(10):e238896. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238896.

Authors

Stig Søgaard Dahl¹, Morten Thorsteinsson¹, Trine-Lise Lambine², Luit Penninga³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark [email protected].

No abstract available

Keywords: gastrointestinal surgery; infectious diseases; liver disease; pancreatic cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Clostridium perfringens*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Klebsiella*
Liver Abscess / microbiology*
Male
Medical Illustration
Pancreatectomy / adverse effects*
Postoperative Complications / microbiology*
Sepsis / microbiology*

Supplementary concepts

Klebsiella variicola