Brevundimonas diminuta coinfection as source of pyogenic liver abscess

Jacob Burch; Shilpa Tatineni; Ikponmwosa Enofe; Heather Laird-Fick

doi:10.1136/bcr-2020-236235

Brevundimonas diminuta coinfection as source of pyogenic liver abscess

BMJ Case Rep. 2021 May 11;14(5):e236235. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236235.

Authors

Jacob Burch^{1

2}, Shilpa Tatineni^{3

2}, Ikponmwosa Enofe⁴, Heather Laird-Fick²

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine Residency, Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Michigan, USA jacob.burch@sparrow.org.
² Internal Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
³ Internal Medicine Residency, Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Michigan, USA.
⁴ Gastroenterology, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Abstract

Brevundimonas diminuta, a non-fermenting gram-negative bacterium, is emerging as an important multidrug resistant opportunistic pathogen. It has been described in cases of bacteremia, pleuritis, keratitis and peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis. We describe, for the first time, a case of pyogenic liver abscess caused by coinfection of B. diminuta and Streptococcus anginosus, and briefly review pyogenic liver abscesses and the literature regarding B. diminuta.

Keywords: hepatitis and other GI infections; liver disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Caulobacteraceae*
Coinfection* / diagnosis
Humans
Liver Abscess, Pyogenic* / complications
Liver Abscess, Pyogenic* / diagnosis
Streptococcus anginosus

Supplementary concepts

Brevundimonas diminuta