Septicemia as a complication of liver biopsy.
Although bacteremia is a common accompaniment of needle liver biopsy, septicemia is an extremely rare complication and normally occurs within the first eight hours after the procedure. A case of late onset septicemia, caused by E. coli and B. fragilis, secondary to bowel perforation during liver biopsy, is presented with a brief review of the recent literature.
D000368:Aged; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000209:etiology; D001441:Bacteroides fragilis; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*