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J Med Microbiol 56 (2007), 1561-1562; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47192-0
© 2007 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Case Report

Liver abscess due to Neisseria sicca after repeated transcatheter arterial embolization

Hsing-Chun Chung1, Lee-Jene Teng2,3 and Po-Ren Hsueh1,2

1 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

2 Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

3 Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Correspondence
Po-Ren Hsueh
hsporen{at}ntu.edu.tw

Received 29 January 2007
Accepted 2 July 2007

Neisseria sicca is rarely associated with clinical infections and to the authors' knowledge this organism has not been reported as a causative agent of infected biloma (liver abscess). A case of a diabetic man with infected biloma due to N. sicca after repeated transcatheter arterial embolization for hepatocellular carcinoma is reported. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous cefotaxime and metronidazole. The biochemical profile and 16S rRNA gene partial sequencing results of the isolate were in agreement with those of N. sicca.

Abbreviations: TAE, transcatheter arterial embolization.






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