%0 Journal Article
%T Fusobacterium Nucleatum: Atypical Organism of Pyogenic Liver Abscess Might be Related to Sigmoid Diverticulitis
%A Charles Hyman
%A Karn Wijarnpreecha
%A Nataliya Yuklyaeva
%A Suthanya Sornprom
%J Archive of "North American Journal of Medical Sciences".
%D 2016
%R 10.4103/1947-2714.179961
%X Pyogenic liver abscesses (PLAs) are the most common form of liver abscesses in the United States. Most cases are caused by enteric bacteria and anaerobes. We report a case of PLA caused by a rare pathogen, Fusobacterium nucleatum, from an unusual primary site of infection
%K Diverticulitis
%K fusobacterium nucleatum
%K oral infection
%K pyogenic liver abscess
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4866478/