%0 Journal Article
%T Clostridium tertium: An Unusual Cause of Pyogenic Liver Abscess
%A George T. Martin
%A Janeeka Benoit
%A Mohamed Barakat
%A Seyedmohammad Pourshahid
%A Steven Hernandez
%A Yusufal Mamoon
%J Archive of "ACG Case Reports Journal".
%D 2018
%R 10.14309/crj.2018.30
%X Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is the result of portal vein pyemia, which usually originates from the hepatobiliary system or the gastrointestinal tract. Gram-negative organisms are the most common causative pathogens in PLA. Clostridium tertium is an anaerobic gram-positive, low-virulence organism that most commonly affects neutropenic patients with hematological malignancy and has not been reported to cause PLA. We report an unusual presentation of a C. tertium infection as a PLA in a previously healthy, immunocompetent patient with no identifiable source of portal pyemia
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895462/