title: [Chronic fever associated with splenic abscess due to Staphylococcus epidermidis].
abstract: Occult abscesses are frequent causes of chronic fever. Splenic abscesses are rare entities that are usually associated with underlying conditions such as abdominal surgery, endocarditis or immunodepression. We report on the case of a patient with prolonged fever caused by a splenic abscess, whose main differential diagnosis was visceral leishmaniasis. However, this condition was probably related to abdominal trauma. The treatment consisted of antibiotics followed by splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília, Salvador, BA.
authors.forename: Juliana Salles
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: César Omar
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Carranza-Tamayo
authors.forename: Gustavo Adolfo Sierra
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Romero
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*