Clostridium tertium: An Unusual Cause of Pyogenic Liver Abscess

ACG Case Rep J. 2018 Apr 11:5:e30. doi: 10.14309/crj.2018.30. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is the result of portal vein pyemia, which usually originates from the hepatobiliary system or the gastrointestinal tract. Gram-negative organisms are the most common causative pathogens in PLA. Clostridium tertium is an anaerobic gram-positive, low-virulence organism that most commonly affects neutropenic patients with hematological malignancy and has not been reported to cause PLA. We report an unusual presentation of a C. tertium infection as a PLA in a previously healthy, immunocompetent patient with no identifiable source of portal pyemia.

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