title: Gas-forming liver abscess associated with rapid hemolysis in a diabetic patient.
abstract: We experienced a case of liver abscess due to Clostridium perfringens (CP) complicated with massive hemolysis and rapid death in an adequately controlled type 2 diabetic patient. The patient died 6 h after his first visit to the hospital. CP was later detected in a blood culture. We searched for case reports of CP septicemia and found 124 cases. Fifty patients survived, and 74 died. Of the 30 patients with liver abscess, only 3 cases survived following treatment with emergency surgical drainage. For the early detection of CP infection, detection of Gram-positive rods in the blood or drainage fluid is important. Spherocytes and ghost cells indicate intravascular hemolysis. The prognosis is very poor once massive hemolysis occurs. The major causative organisms of gas-forming liver abscess in diabetic patients are Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) and Escherichia coli (E. coli). Although CP is relatively rare, the survival rate is very poor compared with those of K. pneumoniae and E. coli. Therefore, for every case that presents with a gas-forming liver abscess, the possibility of CP should be considered, and immediate aspiration of the abscess and Gram staining are important.
authors.affiliation: Miwa Kurasawa, Takashi Nishikido, Department of Internal Medicine, Nishi-agatsuma Welfare Hospital, Naganohara-machi, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma Prefecture 377-1308, Japan.
authors.forename: Miwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurasawa
authors.affiliation: Miwa Kurasawa, Takashi Nishikido, Department of Internal Medicine, Nishi-agatsuma Welfare Hospital, Naganohara-machi, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma Prefecture 377-1308, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishikido
authors.affiliation: Miwa Kurasawa, Takashi Nishikido, Department of Internal Medicine, Nishi-agatsuma Welfare Hospital, Naganohara-machi, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma Prefecture 377-1308, Japan.
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.affiliation: Miwa Kurasawa, Takashi Nishikido, Department of Internal Medicine, Nishi-agatsuma Welfare Hospital, Naganohara-machi, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma Prefecture 377-1308, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.affiliation: Miwa Kurasawa, Takashi Nishikido, Department of Internal Medicine, Nishi-agatsuma Welfare Hospital, Naganohara-machi, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma Prefecture 377-1308, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tamemoto
keywords: Clostridium perfringens; Diabetes; Gas-forming; Hemolysis; Liver abscess
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