Breaking Bad: a case of Lactobacillus bacteremia and liver abscess

We present a case of a 46-year-old Hispanic male with a past medical history significant for uncontrolled diabetes presenting with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting and found to have Lactobacillus bacteremia and liver abscess. A PubMed and Clinical Key literature review of the other known cases of...

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Published inJournal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 235 - 239
Main Authors Omar, Abdillahi M, Ahmadi, Nastaran, Ombada, Mutaz, Fuscaldo, Joseph, Siddiqui, Nazia, Safo, Myra, Nalamalapu, Swaroopa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Greater Baltimore Medical Center 04.05.2019
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
Abscesses
Bacteremia
Bacterial infections
Case Report
Case reports
Complications
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
hepatobiliary
Lactobacillus
Literature reviews
Liver
liver abscess
Nausea
Pain
probiotics
Risk analysis
Risk factors
uncontrolled diabetes
virulence factors
Vomiting
uncontrolled diabetes
hepatobiliary
liver abscess
virulence factors
Lactobacillus
probiotics
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Summary:We present a case of a 46-year-old Hispanic male with a past medical history significant for uncontrolled diabetes presenting with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting and found to have Lactobacillus bacteremia and liver abscess. A PubMed and Clinical Key literature review of the other known cases of Lactobacillus liver abscess was performed. Through examination of previous case reports, the patient presented in this paper, and the associated risk factors of Lactobacillus liver abscess it is likely that the incidence of this rare condition will increase and would therefore be prudent to further study Lactobacillus as a pathogenic bacteria so that its complications may be better treated and prevented.
ISSN:2000-9666
2000-9666
DOI:10.1080/20009666.2019.1607704