Anaerobic liver abscess complicating radiation enteritis.
Multifocal liver abscess developed in a 68-year-old woman with radiation enteritis. Two strains of Bacteroides fragilis were cultured from the liver and blood. Surgical drainage was not possible, and in spite of appropriate antibiotic therapy the patient died.
D000368:Aged; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003036:Cobalt Isotopes / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003125:Colostomy; D004751:Enteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy
D003036:Cobalt Isotopes