[Splenic abscess in the course of infective endocarditis--report of a case].
Infective endocarditis is the most common condition predisposing a patient to splenic abscess. We report the case of man aged 65 who was admitted to the Internal Medicine Department to diagnose the fever of unknown origin. The fever lasted longer than one year. Clinical status and executed diagnostics, among others: echocardiography, blood cultures, abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal computed tomography allowed to give the diagnosis splenic abscess caused by Acinetobacter Baumanii in the course of infective endocarditis. Patient was treated by splenectomy and antibiotics. As a result of the treatment normalization of temperature and recovery was obtained.
Ryczak
Elzbieta
E
Katedra i Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych AM im. prof. Feliksa Skubiszewskiego, Lublinie. zawada@eskulap.am.lublin.pl
Mosiewicz
Jerzy
J
Biłan
Andrzej
A
Wallner
Grzegorz
G
Zinkiewicz
Krzysztof
K
Prystupa
Andrzej
A
Ignatowicz
Andrzej
A
Bieńko-Baka
Grazyna
G
D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery