A Case of Liver Abscess with Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Bacteremia

Saho Koyano; Keita Tatsuno; Mitsuhiro Okazaki; Kiyofumi Ohkusu; Takashi Sasaki; Ryoichi Saito; Shu Okugawa; Kyoji Moriya

doi:10.1155/2015/354168

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (Jan 2015)

A Case of Liver Abscess with Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Bacteremia

Saho Koyano,
Keita Tatsuno,
Mitsuhiro Okazaki,
Kiyofumi Ohkusu,
Takashi Sasaki,
Ryoichi Saito,
Shu Okugawa,
Kyoji Moriya

Affiliations

Saho Koyano: Department of Infection Control and Prevention, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
Keita Tatsuno: Department of Infection Control and Prevention, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
Mitsuhiro Okazaki: Department of Infection Control and Prevention, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
Kiyofumi Ohkusu: Department of Microbiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
Takashi Sasaki: Department of Gastroenterology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
Ryoichi Saito: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Health Care Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-34 Yushima, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0034, Japan
Shu Okugawa: Department of Infection Control and Prevention, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
Kyoji Moriya: Department of Infection Control and Prevention, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/354168
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2015

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Desulfovibrio spp. are gram-negative, sulfate-reducing, and anaerobic bacteria found in the digestive tract of humans. Because Desulfovibrio spp. are infrequent causative agents of infectious diseases and are difficult to isolate and to identify from clinical specimens, the appropriate antibiotic therapy to infection with Desulfovibrio spp. has not been determined. We report the first case of liver abscess with bacteremia due to Desulfovibrio desulfuricans to show the clinical presentation and treatment. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous piperacillin-tazobactam and oral amoxicillin-clavulanic acid.

Published in Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 2090-6625 (Print); 2090-6633 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
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