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ASYMPTOMATIC COLONIC CARCINOMA REVEALED BY INVESTIGATION OF STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS BACTEREMIA
Author(s) -
KEWAL N.,
WILKINSON R. K.,
SENEVIRATNE B. I. B.,
SENEVIRATNE E. M. E.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1983.tb02675.x
Subject(s) - streptococcus bovis , medicine , bacteremia , asymptomatic , carcinoma , colonic carcinoma , pathology , gastroenterology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , rumen , chemistry , food science , fermentation , biology
A case of bacteremia in a patient with a prosthetic aortic valve is reported. The identification of streptococcus bovis as the causative organism and its known association with gastrointestinal disease led to investigations which revealed carcinoma of the sigmoid colon in an asymptomatic patient. The association of colonic lesions with S. bovis bacteremia is briefly reviewed.