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SUBMITTER: Ota K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7491108 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ota Koshi K Yamanoue Hiroki H Aizawa Nobuyuki N Suzuki Naoyuki N Ota Kanna K Takasu Akira A
BMC gastroenterology 20200914 1
<h4>Background</h4>Edwardsiella tarda is a motile, facultatively anaerobic gram-negative bacillus that is isolated from a wide spectrum of animals in aquatic environments but rarely causes infection in humans. Here, we describe the case of a gastric submucosal abscess caused by E. tarda infection.<h4>Case presentation</h4>The patient was a 74-year-old man with a history of hypertension and chronic alcohol consumption who was admitted to our hospital for abdominal pain, appetite loss and vomiting ...[more]