Case report with review of Aeromonas infection.
A 31-year-old woman with A. sobria infection and septicemia was reported. The patient was a known case of ANLL,M4 with incomplete remission following successive courses of chemotherapy. There were abscesses in the subcutaneous tissue of right knee and the liver at necropsy. Leukemic cell infiltration in various organs as well as the aforementioned organs were observed. Reported cases of Aeromonas infection with or without diarrhea were also reviewed. According to our knowledge the present case is the first reported case with A. sobria infection with liver abscess in Thailand.
Yenrudi
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Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Charuchaikul
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D000328:Adult; D000333:Aeromonas; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology