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Chauhan S, Gidwani V. Unusual Fusobacterium Nucleatum Infection Presenting as a Liver Abscess Associated With Cephalic Vein Thrombosis. Cureus. 2020;12(10):e10971doi: 10.7759/cureus.10971.
Chauhan, S., & Gidwani, V. (2020). Unusual Fusobacterium Nucleatum Infection Presenting as a Liver Abscess Associated With Cephalic Vein Thrombosis. Cureus, 12(10), e10971. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10971
Chauhan, Shaylika, and Gidwani, Vipul. "Unusual Fusobacterium Nucleatum Infection Presenting as a Liver Abscess Associated With Cephalic Vein Thrombosis." Cureus vol. 12,10 (2020): e10971. doi: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10971
Chauhan S, Gidwani V. Unusual Fusobacterium Nucleatum Infection Presenting as a Liver Abscess Associated With Cephalic Vein Thrombosis. Cureus. 2020 Oct 15;12(10):e10971. doi: 10.7759/cureus.10971. PMID: 33209529; PMCID: PMC7667607.
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Cureus. 2020 Oct 15;12(10):e10971. doi: 10.7759/cureus.10971.

Unusual Fusobacterium Nucleatum Infection Presenting as a Liver Abscess Associated With Cephalic Vein Thrombosis.

Cureus

Shaylika Chauhan, Vipul Gidwani

Affiliations

  1. Internal Medicine, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, USA.
  2. Internal Medicine, Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, USA.

PMID: 33209529 PMCID: PMC7667607 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.10971

Abstract

Pyogenic liver abscesses are uncommon entities with potentially devastating consequences requiring immediate diagnosis and treatment. Fusobacterium nucleatum is an anaerobic, gram-negative oral commensal that has been seldom reported as a cause of liver abscess, particularly in immunocompetent hosts. We describe a case of an 80-year-old female patient presenting with a fusobacterium liver abscess associated with thrombosis of the left cephalic vein.

Copyright © 2020, Chauhan et al.

Keywords: emerging pathogen; fusobacterium nucleatum; liver abscess; septic shock

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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