title: Gemella haemolysans bacteraemia in a patient with solitary liver abscess.
abstract: We present a case of a 42-year-old man with a solitary liver abscess and Gemella haemolysans bacteraemia. No other focus of infection was identified. The patient did not have any predisposing factors. He was treated with antibiotics for 6 weeks and the abscess was drained. He made a complete recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, The Ayr Hospital, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Iqbal
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Sujoy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Cian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nutt
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macdonald
authors.forename: Abhijit M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Collier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D058834:Gemella; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone