Multiple Hepatic Abscesses Caused by Streptococcus milleri in Association with an Intrauterine Device
- 1 November 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 11 (6) , 983-987
- https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/11.6.983
Abstract
We report a case of Streptococcus milleri bacteremia and multiple hepatic abscesses secondary to an intrauterine device and a tuboovarian abscess. Hepatic abscess as a complicatin of an intrauterine device has previously been reported only once, with Actinomyces Israelii as the causative agent. Our patient's hepatic abscesses were cured with medical therapy.Keywords
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