Yersinia pseudotuberculosis as the cause of septicaemia in a patient with liver cirrhosis. A case report.
Septicaemia caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in a female patient, aged 22, is reported. She had suffered from a chronic active hepatitis for 14 years and had been treated with corticosteroids and azathioprine. The Y. pseudotuberculosis septicaemia responded well to treatment with doxycycline orally, but the patient died 2 weeks later because of excessive bleeding from varicose veins of the oesophagus.
D000328:Adult; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000150:complications; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000150:complications
D004318:Doxycycline