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STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI LIVER ABSCESS PRESENTING AS FULMINANT PNEUMONIA
Author(s) -
Henderson A.,
Wall D.
Publication year - 1993
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.1445-2197.1993.tb00528.x
Subject(s) - medicine , streptococcus milleri , fulminant , pneumonia , liver abscess , abscess , streptococcus , general surgery , gastroenterology , surgery , bacteria , genetics , biology
A case of a young man who developed a Streptococcus milleri liver abscess secondary to an occult colonic foreign body, which presented as fulminant community acquired pneumonia, is reported. The isolation of Streptococcus milleri , a normal member of the gastrointestinal flora, from an abscess, blood or sputum should prompt a search for pathology, foreign bodies or silent perforation in the gastrointestinal tract.