Hepatic abscess due to Eikenella corrodens and Streptococcus milleri: implications for antibiotic therapy

D Quinlivan; T M Davis; F J Daly; H Darragh

doi:10.1016/s0163-4453(96)92776-0

Hepatic abscess due to Eikenella corrodens and Streptococcus milleri: implications for antibiotic therapy

J Infect. 1996 Jul;33(1):47-8. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(96)92776-0.

Authors

D Quinlivan¹, T M Davis, F J Daly, H Darragh

Affiliation

¹ University of Western Australia, Department of Medicine, Fremantle, Western Australia.

PMID: 8842995
DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(96)92776-0

Abstract

We report a case of intrahepatic abscess involving infection with Eikenella corrodens. The organism proved difficult to isolate and would not have been covered by some empirical regimens used in penicillin-allergic patients.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Eikenella corrodens*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
Humans
Liver Abscess / drug therapy*
Male
Middle Aged
Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents