Multiple Pyogenic Liver Abscesses Caused by Eggerthella lenta Treated with Ertapenem: A Case Report. (5th March 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Elias, Richard M.; Khoo, Shiao Yen; Pupaibool, Jakrapun; Nienaber, Ju-Hsien; Cummins, Nathan W.
• Other Names: Kissoon Niranjan Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in medicine. Volume 2012(2012)
• Publication Date: 2012-03-05
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine; Case Reports; Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1155/2012/718130
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-9627

Abstract

Abstract : Anaerobic gram-positive bacilli can occasionally be implicated in infections but are difficult to identify in culture by conventional biochemical methods. We report a case of liver abscesses caused by Eggerthella lenta, identified via 16S rRNA sequencing in a previously healthy patient, successfully treated with percutaneous drainage and ertapenem.