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Liver abscess due to Yersinia bacteremia in a well-controlled type I diabetic patient
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Abstract
We report a type 1 diabetic patient with a liver abscess mimicking metastatic liver disease who was successfully treated with percutaneous drainage and antibiotic administration; culture from blood was positive for Yersinia enterocolitica, but drainage material from the liver abscess did not yield a positive result for Yersinia enterocolitica. Although the prognosis is not good in such cases, with high mortality rates, our patient recovered from the disease with appropriate treatment.
(Pol J Endocrinol 2011; 62 (4): 357–360)
Abstract
We report a type 1 diabetic patient with a liver abscess mimicking metastatic liver disease who was successfully treated with percutaneous drainage and antibiotic administration; culture from blood was positive for Yersinia enterocolitica, but drainage material from the liver abscess did not yield a positive result for Yersinia enterocolitica. Although the prognosis is not good in such cases, with high mortality rates, our patient recovered from the disease with appropriate treatment.
(Pol J Endocrinol 2011; 62 (4): 357–360)
Keywords
Type I diabetes mellitus; liver abscess; Yersinia enterocolitica
About this articleTitle
Liver abscess due to Yersinia bacteremia in a well-controlled type I diabetic patient
Journal
Issue
Article type
Case report
Pages
357-360
Published online
2011-08-30
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DOI
10.5603/ep.25261
Bibliographic record
Endokrynol Pol 2011;62(4):357-360.
Keywords
Type I diabetes mellitus
liver abscess
Yersinia enterocolitica
Authors
Meral Mert
Gonenc Kocabay
Tamer Özülker
Mustafa Temizel
Hakan Yanar
Özlem Uygun
Filiz Özülker
Yücel Arman
Ertan Cevizci
Ali Çetin Ölek
