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ArticleGut pathogens2024

Bacteremia from streptococcus constellatus revealing a gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

Salvatore Chessa, Elena Belfiori, Giulia Mandis, Enrico Urru, Giovanna Manconi, Angelo Scuteri

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Article in Gut pathogens, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors.

Salvatore ChessaPost-Graduate Medical School of Internal Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Elena BelfioriPost-Graduate Medical School of Internal Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Giulia MandisPost-Graduate Medical School of Internal Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Enrico UrruDivision of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Monserrato (AOU), Cagliari, Italy.
Giovanna ManconiDivision of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Monserrato (AOU), Cagliari, Italy.
Angelo ScuteriDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. angelo.scuteri@unica.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPyogenic Liver Abscesses (PLA) are the most common type of visceral abscess. They generally develop in a context of biliary disease or hematogenous seeding, but a complete diagnostic work-up is always required in order not to miss other important causes, including above all malignancies of the gastro-intestinal tract. CASE PRESENTATION: Herein, we report a particular case of a 80 years-old immunocompetent woman hospitalized for sepsis. At the end of the diagnostic process, Streptococcus constellatus (Sc) was identified as the cause of sepsis, multiple PLA were found together with a previous unknown ileal malignancy. We speculated about a possible correlation among these three entities (i.e. sepsis from Sc, PLA and tumors).

conclusionsDetection of Sc in blood should raise red flags in clinicians as aggressive clinical presentation are possible.

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BacteriemiaGISTPyogenic liver abscessesStreptococcus constellatus

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PMID38178146
PMCPMC10765689

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