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Liver Abscess Caused by Citrobacter Freundii Secondary to Cholecysto-antral Fistula: A Case Report

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  • Amal Hajri

    (Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Morocco.)

  • Oussama Lafkih

    (Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Morocco.)

  • Driss Erguibi

    (Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Morocco.)

  • Saad Rifki El Jai

    (Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Morocco.)

  • Rachid Boufettal

    (Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Morocco.)

  • Farid Chehab

    (Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Morocco.)

Abstract

Liver abscesses secondary to bilio-enteric fistulas are rare and therefore unknown to the attending physician. In this report, we present a bilio-enteric communication, between the gallbladder; which was macro lithiasic; and the stomach revealed by an upper digestive hemorrhage in a septic context in a 34 year old man. A pyogenic bacterial liver abscess developed because of the fistula without biliary obstruction. The patient was treated surgically with disconnection of the fistula and drainage of the abscess. The liver abscess is probably due to the contamination of the bile by the cholecysto-gastric fistula. The germ isolated was a citrobacter freundii which is rarely involved in liver abscesses.

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  • Amal Hajri & Oussama Lafkih & Driss Erguibi & Saad Rifki El Jai & Rachid Boufettal & Farid Chehab, 2020. "Liver Abscess Caused by Citrobacter Freundii Secondary to Cholecysto-antral Fistula: A Case Report," European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, European Open Science, vol. 2(2), March.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejmed0:v:2:y:2020:i:2:id:40212
    DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2020.2.2.212
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