A rare Danish case of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis pyogenic liver abscess

Margarita Dudina; Kirstine K Søgaard; Thomas Deleuran; Katrine Grimstrup Joensen; Jens Brøndum Frøkjær; Hans Linde Nielsen

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6464

A rare Danish case of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis pyogenic liver abscess

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Oct 20;10(10):e6464. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6464. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Authors

Margarita Dudina¹, Kirstine K Søgaard^{1

2}, Thomas Deleuran³, Katrine Grimstrup Joensen⁴, Jens Brøndum Frøkjær^{2

5}, Hans Linde Nielsen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology Aalborg University Hospital Aalborg Denmark.
² Department of Clinical Medicine Aalborg University Aalborg Denmark.
³ Department of Gastroenterology Aalborg University Hospital Aalborg Denmark.
⁴ Department of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi Statens Serum Institut Copenhagen Denmark.
⁵ Department of Radiology Aalborg University Hospital Aalborg Denmark.

Abstract

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a rare Gram-negative bacillus that cause enterocolitis and terminal ileitis. We report the first Danish case with Y. pseudotuberculosis multiple pyogenic liver abscess presenting with 6 weeks intermittently fever, fatigue, and weight loss. The patient was successfully treated with percutaneous drainage and intravenous piperacillin/tazobactam and oral ciprofloxacin.

Keywords: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis; hepatic abscess; pyogenic liver abscess; treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports