Anaerobic liver abscess complicating radiation enteritis
McLaughlin, P.; Meban, S.; Thompson, W.G.
Canadian Medical Association Journal 108(3): 353-354
1973
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-4409 PMID: 4734849 Document Number: 58887
Multifocal liver abscess developed in a 68-year-old woman with radiation enteritis. Two strains of Bacteroides fragilis were cultured from the liver and blood. Surgical drainage was not possible, and in spite of appropriate antibiotic therapy the patient died.
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