Splenic abscess caused by streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus as presentation of a pancreatic cancer

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4249-4251

  Su, Yanli ^a   Miao, Bin ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   Zhang, Shuwen ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROCALCITONIN; TUMOR MARKER; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; LOSS OF APPETITE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ABSCESS; STREPTOCOCCUS GALLOLYTICUS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ABSCESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SPLENIC DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84889769013     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01709-13     Document Type: Article

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