Open AccessPyogenic liver abscess secondary to disseminated Streptococcus Anginosus from Sigmoid Diverticulitis
Author(s) -
Shishir Murarka,
Fnu Pranav,
Varsha Dandavate
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.77300
Subject(s) - streptococcus anginosus , diverticulitis , pyogenic liver abscess , medicine , liver abscess , abscess , sigmoid colon , sigmoid function , laparotomy , general surgery , surgery , streptococcus , biology , rectum , genetics , machine learning , bacteria , artificial neural network , computer science
Pyogenic liver abscess secondary to dissemination from Sigmoid Diverticulitis is rare. Streptococcus Anginosus has been linked to abscesses but has been rarely reported from a Sigmoid Diverticulitis source. We report a case of liver abscess in which the source was confounding but eventually was traced to Sigmoid Diverticulitis on laparotomy.