HEPATIC-ABSCESS DUE TO EIKENELLA-CORRODENS AND STREPTOCOCCUS-MILLERI - IMPLICATIONS FOR ANTIBIOTIC-THERAPY

Authors
QUINLIVAN D DAVIS TME DALY FJ DARRAGH H
Citation
D. Quinlivan et al., HEPATIC-ABSCESS DUE TO EIKENELLA-CORRODENS AND STREPTOCOCCUS-MILLERI - IMPLICATIONS FOR ANTIBIOTIC-THERAPY, The Journal of infection, 33(1), 1996, pp. 47-48
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
The Journal of infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
01634453
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
47 - 48
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-4453(1996)33:1<47:HDTEAS>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We report a case of intrahepatic abscess involving infection with Eike nella corrodens. The organism proved difficult to isolate and would no t have been covered by some empirical regimens used in penicillin-alle rgic patients.