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Liver Abscess Due to Neisseria Sicca after Repeated Transcatheter Arterial Embolization
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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY v.56 n.11 pp.1561-1562
Journal
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Journal Volume
v.56
Journal Issue
n.11
Pages
1561-1562
Date Issued
2007
Date
2007
Author(s)
CHUNG, HSING-CHUN
TENG, LEE-JENE
HSUEH, PO-REN
Abstract
Neisseria sicca is rarely associated with clinical infections and to the authors' knowledge this organism has not been reported as a causative agent of infected biloma ( liver abscess). A case of a diabetic man with infected biloma due to N. sicca after repeated transcatheter arterial embolization for hepatocellular carcinoma is reported. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous cefotaxime and metronidazole. The biochemical profile and 1 SS rRNA gene partial sequencing results of the isolate were in agreement with those of N. sicca.
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