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ArticleCureus2025

Scrotal Abscess Induced by Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Involving Enterococcus cecorum.

Shota Fukami, Masanori Fukushima, Nozomi Ohki, Satoshi Miuma, Hisamitsu Miyaaki

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Shota FukamiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JPN.
Masanori FukushimaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JPN.
Nozomi OhkiDepartment of Radiological Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JPN.
Satoshi MiumaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JPN.
Hisamitsu MiyaakiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JPN.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 60-year-old man with idiopathic portal hypertension and ascites presented with fever, abdominal pain, and right scrotal swelling. He was diagnosed with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) and a communicating right hydrocele, and antibiotic treatment was initiated. Despite treatment, his fever and elevated inflammatory markers persisted, accompanied by progressive genital pain. On day 21, he was diagnosed with a scrotal abscess. Owing to a poor response to antibiotics, and because scrotal ultrasound revealed a multiloculated abscess without any drainable cavity, an orchiectomy was performed on day 108.

Indexed as

antibiotics-resistant bacteriaascitesenterococcus cecorumscrotal abscessspontaneous bacterial peritonitis

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PMID40918817
PMCPMC12408858

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