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J Med Microbiol 54 (2005), 993-995; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46080-0
© 2005 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 0022-2615

Fusobacterium necrophorum infection associated with portal vein thrombosis

Michelle R Redford1, Richard Ellis2 and Colin J Rees1

Departments of Medicine1 and Microbiology2, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, South Tyneside District Hospital, Harton Lane, South Shields, Tyne and Wear NE34 0PL, UK

Correspondence Colin J. Rees Colin.Rees{at}sthct.nhs.uk

Received March 8, 2005
Accepted June 7, 2005

This report describes a patient without obvious upper respiratory tract or gastrointestinal infection who developed portal vein thrombosis secondary to Fusobacterium necrophorum septicaemia. The patient responded well to systemic antibiotic therapy. The implications of F. necrophorum infection caudal to the head are discussed.






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