title: Successful treatment of a patient with sepsis and liver abscess caused by Edwardsiella tarda.
abstract: Edwardsiella tarda is a bacterium that is associated with both an asymptomatic oral carrier state and self-limiting diarrhoeal illness in humans. We herein report a case of sepsis and liver abscess caused by E. tarda and review the patients with E. tarda sepsis who presented at our hospital. An 85-year-old woman developed enterocolitis and sepsis caused by E. tarda. She was administered intensive care and thus was able to soon show a good recovery, however, she subsequently developed a liver abscess. During a complicated course, she continued to be treated with antibiotics and after a successful course was discharged on the 44th day after admission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Japan. qq2s4w7d@carol.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsueda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D020609:Edwardsiella tarda / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents