Liver abscess due to Yersinia bacteremia in a well-controlled type I diabetic patient
2011
Yersiniae enterocolitica , a gram negative rod-like organism, causes terminal ileitis and mesenteric adenitis in adolescents and adults. Some
forms present with liver and spleen abscesses and have worse prognosis.
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)
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