Hofstad T, Horn A
Department of Microbiology, Haukeland Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Acta Chir Scand. 1989 Feb;155(2):139-40.
Eikenella corrodens was isolated from a posttraumatic liver abscess in a man with previous hemicolectomy for sigmoid adenocarcinoma. Escherichia coli was the initial isolate, but sepsis persisted after its eradication by cefuroxime and metronidazole. A second specimen yielded E. corrodens which responded promptly to combined ampicillin and netilmicin. The patient died of disseminated cancer 6 months later.
