The Liver as Another Possible Target Organ for Bacillus cereus Infection
A case of liver abscess due to Bacillus cereus infection in an immunocompetent 59-year-old man is reported. Percutaneous drainage and antimicrobial therapy, with vancomycin and levofloxacin afterwards, have been demonstrated to be an appropriate treatment, leading to clinical and radiological cure.
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| description | A case of liver abscess due to Bacillus cereus infection in an immunocompetent 59-year-old man is reported. Percutaneous drainage and antimicrobial therapy, with vancomycin and levofloxacin afterwards, have been demonstrated to be an appropriate treatment, leading to clinical and radiological cure. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-77eabcde1b1e42cd988504d7879a67b52025-02-03T06:11:41ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332016-01-01201610.1155/2016/74389727438972The Liver as Another Possible Target Organ for Bacillus cereus InfectionMario Alessandri-Bonetti0Umberto Vespasiani-Gentilucci1Giacomo Luppi2Silvia Angeletti3Giordano Dicuonzo4Antonio Picardi5Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, ItalyInternal Medicine and Hepatology, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, ItalyClinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, ItalyClinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, ItalyInternal Medicine and Hepatology, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, ItalyA case of liver abscess due to Bacillus cereus infection in an immunocompetent 59-year-old man is reported. Percutaneous drainage and antimicrobial therapy, with vancomycin and levofloxacin afterwards, have been demonstrated to be an appropriate treatment, leading to clinical and radiological cure.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7438972 |
| spellingShingle | Mario Alessandri-Bonetti Umberto Vespasiani-Gentilucci Giacomo Luppi Silvia Angeletti Giordano Dicuonzo Antonio Picardi The Liver as Another Possible Target Organ for Bacillus cereus Infection Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | The Liver as Another Possible Target Organ for Bacillus cereus Infection |
| title_full | The Liver as Another Possible Target Organ for Bacillus cereus Infection |
| title_fullStr | The Liver as Another Possible Target Organ for Bacillus cereus Infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Liver as Another Possible Target Organ for Bacillus cereus Infection |
| title_short | The Liver as Another Possible Target Organ for Bacillus cereus Infection |
| title_sort | liver as another possible target organ for bacillus cereus infection |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7438972 |
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