Asymptomatic colonic carcinoma revealed by investigation of Streptococcus bovis bacteremia
Kewal, N.; Seneviratne, B.I.; Wilkinson, R.K.; Seneviratne, E.M.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 13(2): 173-174
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-8291 PMID: 6577837 Document Number: 219246
A case of bacteremia in a patient with a prosthetic aortic valve is reported. The identification of streptococcus bovis as the causative organism and its known association with gastrointestinal disease led to investigations which revealed carcinoma of the sigmoid colon in an asymptomatic patient. The association of colonic lesions with S. bovis bacteremia is briefly reviewed.