An unusual cause of acute abdomen—Gas-forming liver abscess due to Salmonella enteritidis

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• 作者：Harry Hok Tee Yu ; Simon Tsang ; Tan To Cheung ; ^{tantocheung@hotmail.com}
• 关键词：acute abdomen ; free gas ; gas forming ; liver abscess ; Salmonella enteritidis
• 刊名：Asian Journal of Surgery
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：40
• 期：1
• 页码：66-69
• 全文大小：568 K
• 卷排序：40

文摘

Gas-forming pyogenic liver abscess (GFPLA) is considered to be a very severe form of PLA and carries a high mortality. Klebsiella pneumoniae is the most common pathogen responsible for the disease, whereas cases where Salmonella is cited as the cause are very uncommon. We report the first case of a 53-year-old lady suffering from GFPLA due to Salmonella, who was successfully treated with surgical drainage. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of GFPLA caused by Salmonella enteritidis to be reported in the English literature.