title: A case of pyogenic liver abscess infected with Fusobacterium necrophorum depicted by microscopy and confirmed by tissue culture.
abstract: A 40-year-old man was admitted with a continuous high grade fever accompanying a relatively large solitary liver abscess with septations. A puncture of the abscess revealed gram-negative rods that could be identified histologically as Fusobacterium necrophorum, which was later confirmed by tissue culture. The patient was switched to meropenem and penicillin, and cured of the infection. Fusobacterium necrophorum is a rare bacterium causing potentially fatal liver abscesses in humans. Clinicians should bear Fusobacterium necrophorum in mind when treating patients with an enlarged solitary liver abscess.
authors: Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors: Yuichi
authors: Y
authors: Nozawa
authors: Satoru
authors: S
authors: Joshita
authors: Mana
authors: M
authors: Fukushima
authors: Yukiko
authors: Y
authors: Sugiyama
authors: Yuki
authors: Y
authors: Ichikawa
authors: Takefumi
authors: T
authors: Kimura
authors: Susumu
authors: S
authors: Morita
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Kamijo
authors: Takeji
authors: T
authors: Umemura
authors: Tetsuya
authors: T
authors: Ichijo
authors: Akihiro
authors: A
authors: Matsumoto
authors: Kaname
authors: K
authors: Yoshizawa
authors: Eiji
authors: E
authors: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002438:Cefoperazone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D046290:Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000008:administration & dosage; D046509:Tissue Culture Techniques
chemical_list: D002438:Cefoperazone; D013407:Sulbactam