Open AccessAbdominal Abscess Due to Cardiobacterium hominis and Clostridium bifermentans
Author(s) -
David J. Rechtman,
Jeffrey P. Nadler
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/clinids/13.3.418
Subject(s) - medicine , ampicillin , bacteremia , penicillin , abscess , endocarditis , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , antibiotics , biology
A case of abdominal abscess and bacteremia due to Cardiobacterium hominis and Clostridium bifermentans was successfully treated with surgical drainage and ampicillin-penicillin. This case represents the rare occurrence of C. hominis infection without apparent endocarditis.
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