[Detection of early gastric cancer facilitated by surveillance for a pyogenic liver abscess caused by Streptococcus intermedius]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2016;113(2):263-72. doi: 10.11405/nisshoshi.113.263.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a case of early gastric cancer that was detected during surveillance of a pyogenic liver abscess caused by Streptococcus intermedius, an oral microbiota. Treatment with proton pump inhibitors can result in the alteration of gastric bacterial flora by altering intragastric acidity. This can place immunocompromised patients, such as those with diabetes mellitus and the elderly, at an increased risk for disease of the upper gastrointestinal tract to be a route of bacterial transmission. In this case, the patient developed a pyogenic liver abscess.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Early Detection of Cancer
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / drug therapy
  • Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / microbiology*
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / complications
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Streptococcal Infections / complications*
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Streptococcus intermedius*