Spontaneous ascitic fluid infection and bacteremia due to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in a liver transplant patient

Abstract

We report herein a case of bacteremic ascitic fluid infection in a liver transplant patient caused by a strain of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serogroup I that lost the yersiniabactin core. The patient's outcome was favorable after a combined therapy with a third-generation cephalosporin and gentamicin.

Keywords

• Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
• Bacteremia
• Ascitic fluid infection
• Third-generation cephalosporin
• Hepatic cirrhosis
• Liver transplant