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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2024

Fatal Renal Abscess Caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis and Subcapsular Hemorrhage, Japan.

Yuichiro Atagi, Yoshito Homma, Sadamu Yamashi, Ken Kikuchi, Yoji Nagashima

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Sepsis and septic shock caused byJournal of oral microbiology · 2025
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  2. Antimicrobial susceptibility ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yuichiro Atagi
Yoshito Homma
Sadamu Yamashi
Ken Kikuchi
Yoji Nagashima

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 61-year-old man in Japan with abdominal pain was suspected of having a renal tumor. Despite initial treatment, his condition rapidly deteriorated, leading to death. Postmortem examination revealed a renal abscess and sepsis caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis. This case underscores the need to consider atypical pathogens in renal masses.

Indexed as

AbscessBacteroidaceae InfectionsHemorrhagePorphyromonas gingivalisFatal OutcomeHumansJapanKidney DiseasesMaleMiddle AgedbacteriaJapanPorphyromonas gingivalisrenal abscessspontaneous perirenal hemorrhage

Identifiers

PMID39320242
PMCPMC11431907

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