Splenic abscess caused by
Dentistry and oral medicine
Infections
Infectious diseases
Surgery
Journal
BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
25 Jan 2023
25 Jan 2023
Historique:
pmc-release:
25
01
2025
entrez:
25
1
2023
pubmed:
26
1
2023
medline:
28
1
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A woman in her 40s with a history of dental abscess presenting with a 3-month history of nightly fevers, malaise, fatigue and acutely worsening left flank pain was found to have a splenic abscess replacing almost the entire splenic parenchyma on abdominal CT. Abscess aspirate showed Gram-positive rods, and both aerobic and anaerobic cultures grew
Identifiants
pubmed: 36697110
pii: 16/1/e250486
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-250486
pmc: PMC9884883
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2023. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.