Fusobacterium necrophorum infection associated with portal vein thrombosis.
This report describes a patient without obvious upper respiratory tract or gastrointestinal infection who developed portal vein thrombosis secondary to Fusobacterium necrophorum septicaemia. The patient responded well to systemic antibiotic therapy. The implications of F. necrophorum infection caudal to the head are discussed.
Redford
Michelle R
MR
Departments of Medicine1 and Microbiology2, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, South Tyneside District Hospital, Harton Lane, South Shields, Tyne and Wear NE34 0PL, UK.
Ellis
Richard
R
Departments of Medicine1 and Microbiology2, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, South Tyneside District Hospital, Harton Lane, South Shields, Tyne and Wear NE34 0PL, UK.
Rees
Colin J
CJ
Departments of Medicine1 and Microbiology2, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, South Tyneside District Hospital, Harton Lane, South Shields, Tyne and Wear NE34 0PL, UK.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents