A case of liver abscess and fusobacterium septicemia

Abstract

Fusobacterium species are well described as the causative pathogen in Lemierre’s syndrome, a suppurative thrombophlebitis of the jugular vein. However, they are less recognized for a unique variant of Lemierre’s syndrome presenting with invasive intraabdominal infection and associated portal vein thrombosis. We describe a case of Fusobacterium nucleatum with hepatic abscess and septic pylephlebitis.

Keywords

• Fusobacterium
• Portal vein thrombosis
• Septic pylephlebitis
• 16S rRNA sequencing