title: Case report: Clostridium septicum infection presenting as liver abscess in a case of choriocarcinoma with liver metastasis.
abstract: Clostridium septicum is an anaerobic, gram-positive bacillus. Infection with this organism has a known association with malignant diseases, especially colon and haematological cancers. Clostridium septicum is rarely found to be a pathogen of liver abscess. Herein, we report the case of a female choriocarcinoma patient with liver metastasis in which C. septicum infection presented as a gas-forming liver abscess. This case and previous reports indicate that once C. septicum is identified as a pathogen in liver abscess, metastatic liver tumours should be highly suspected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gang University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents