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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