Aeromonas hydrophila bacteraemia and portal pyaemia

• Published in: Singapore medical journal Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 346 - 348
• Main Authors: TULSIDAS, H, ONG, Y. Y, CHAN, K. C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Singapore Medical Association 01.04.2008
• Subjects: Aeromonas hydrophila - pathogenicity; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Bacteremia - drug therapy; Bacteremia - microbiology; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial sepsis; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Cardiology. Vascular system; Ciprofloxacin - therapeutic use; Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous; General aspects; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - drug therapy; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - physiopathology; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Portal Vein - microbiology; Psoas Abscess - complications; Psoas Abscess - microbiology; Thrombosis - complications; Thrombosis - diagnostic imaging; Thrombosis - microbiology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Abscess; bacteraemia; Aeromonas hydrophila; psoas abscess; Bacteremia; Infection; portal vein thrombosis; Bacteriosis; Bacteria; Vibrionaceae; Tropical medicine; Venous thrombosis; Portal vein; Iliopsoas muscle

The Aeromonas species uncommonly cause disease in humans. We report portal pyaemia secondary to Aeromonas hydrophila bacteraemia occurring in a 71-year-old Chinese man with no history of hepatobiliary disease or malignancy. He presented with fever, rigors and abdominal bloating for four days and was...