Asano Kouichi, Tada Shuji, Matsumoto Takayuki, Miyase Shuichi, Kamio Takihiro, Sakurai Kenichi, Iida Mitsuo
Department of Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Chikami 5-3-1, Kumamoto 861-4193, Japan.
J Hepatol. 2005 Aug;43(2):362-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.03.031.
Achromobacter xylosoxidans is a microorganism that may cause opportunistic infections. We detected A. xylosoxidans in three of 46 patients with liver abscess. The clinicopathologic findings of the three patients were uniform with respect to a prior history of cholecystectomy, multi-lobulated 'coral-like' abscess under CT and epithelioid granulomas in the periphery of the abscess. Achromobacter xylosoxidans is an unrecognized cause of liver abscess in humans.
