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- Title
Parvimonas micra Bacteremia: A Rare Complication After Esophagogastroduodenoscopy for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
- Authors
Raza, Hasan S.; Love, James S.; Mikolajczyk, Adam E.
- Abstract
Parvimonas micra bacteremia is rarely encountered in clinical practice. When it is, patients usually have underlying periodontal disease or colorectal carcinoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of P. micra bacteremia in a patient without the predisposing risk factors listed above. We postulate that this occurred because of translocation across an interrupted gut-blood barrier in the setting of an acute upper gastrointestinal bleed. We present this case to highlight the importance of identifying and treating P. micra bacteremia because it can prevent commonly encountered sequelae of untreated bacteremia and improve outcomes.
- Subjects
BACTEREMIA diagnosis; LIVER injuries; PELVIC radiography; PENICILLIN G; BLOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL hemorrhage; DIGESTIVE system endoscopic surgery; HEPATOTOXICOLOGY; CREATININE; GRAM-positive bacterial infections; BACTEREMIA; RARE diseases; COMPUTED tomography; AMPICILLIN; BLOOD urea nitrogen; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; TREATMENT effectiveness; INTRAVENOUS therapy; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CELL culture; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MALLORY-Weiss syndrome; SURGICAL hemostasis; IBUPROFEN; ACETAMINOPHEN; ABDOMINAL radiography; RECTUM; DISEASE complications
- Publication
ACG Case Reports Journal, 2024, Vol 11, Issue 6, p4
- ISSN
2326-3253
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14309/crj.0000000000001378.Publishedonline:June7,2024