title: A case of liver abscess caused by Edwardsiella tarda.
abstract: Edwardsiella tarda, a member of the Enterobacteriaceae family, is found in freshwater and marine environments. Extraintestinal infections of Edwardsiella tarda have been rarely reported. We describe a 70-year-old Japanese woman suffering from autoimmune hemolytic anemia, with liver abscess caused by Edwardsiella tarda. She had a history of cholecystectomy for gallbladder stone 10 years prior to this admission. She was successfully treated with percutaneous transhepatic abscess aspiration and meropenem. This is the first report of liver abscess caused by Edwardsiella tarda in Japan.
authors: The First Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Japan. FZG05232@nifty.ne.jp
authors: Takayuki
authors: T
authors: Ota
authors: Yoshio
authors: Y
authors: Nakano
authors: Masahiro
authors: M
authors: Nishi
authors: Shohei
authors: S
authors: Matsuno
authors: Hiromichi
authors: H
authors: Kawashima
authors: Takayuki
authors: T
authors: Nakagawa
authors: Tomoyuki
authors: T
authors: Takagi
authors: Hisao
authors: H
authors: Wakasaki
authors: Hiroto
authors: H
authors: Furuta
authors: Taisei
authors: T
authors: Nakao
authors: Hideyuki
authors: H
authors: Sasaki
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Akamizu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020609:Edwardsiella tarda; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*