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CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF A YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA HEPATIC ABSCESS
Author(s) -
Watson JudithA.,
Windsor JohnA.,
Wynnejones Geoffrey
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1989.tb01582.x
Subject(s) - medicine , yersinia enterocolitica , yersinia , hepatic abscess , abscess , conservative management , liver abscess , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , bacteria , genetics , biology
yersinia hepatic abscesses are rare, and are more likely to occur in patients with iron overload. A diabetic patient with haemochromalosis presented with a hepatic abscess due to yersinia enterocolitica , which was treated successfully by the use of a single antibiotic.