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SUBMITTER: Fragkiadakis K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5198635 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fragkiadakis Konstantinos K Ioannou Petros P Barbounakis Emmanouil E Samonis George G
IDCases 20161211
We report the case of an immunocompetent man who presented with fever and abdominal pain and was found to have a hepatic abscess and a peri-renal abscess with a computerized tomography scan. The hepatic abscess was drained percutaneously and cultures revealed the presence of <i>Lactococcus lactis</i> that was sensitive to penicillin. The patient was successfully treated with ceftriaxone and metronidazole with resolution of the abscesses. Further work-up revealed atrophic gastritis, vitamin B12 d ...[more]