title: Liver abscesses due to Yersinia enterocolitica in patients with haemochromatosis.
abstract: Liver abscesses due to Yersinia enterocolitica usually occur in patients with a pathological iron overload. A case of multiple liver abscesses in a patient with haemochromatosis is reported and the literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Aalborg Sygehus, Denmark.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Olesen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ejlertsen
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Paulsen
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Knudsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D014463:Ultrasonography; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000302:isolation & purification