AUTHOR=Wang Mingxi , Zhang Xia , Jiang Tao , Hu Shaohua , Yi Zhengjun , Zhou Yajun , Ming Desong , Chen Shicheng 

TITLE=Liver Abscess Caused by Pannonibacter phragmitetus: Case Report and Literature Review

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine

VOLUME=4

YEAR=2017

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2017.00048

DOI=10.3389/fmed.2017.00048

ISSN=2296-858X

ABSTRACT=<sec id="ST1"><title>Background</title><p>Bacterial hepatic abscess is a common occurrence in developing countries, which is mostly caused by <italic>Klebsiella pneumoniae</italic> and <italic>Escherichia coli</italic>. <italic>Pannonibacter phragmitetus</italic> is a Gram-negative alkali-tolerant bacillus that exists in the natural environment. Human infection by this bacterium is rare, with only four cases reported.</p></sec><sec id="ST2"><title>Method</title><p>We presented one of these cases with a bacterial liver abscess by a polymicrobial infection involving <italic>P. phragmitetus</italic> and <italic>Streptococcus oralis</italic>, with <italic>P. phragmitetus</italic> being the predominate isolate.</p></sec><sec id="ST3"><title>Result and discussion</title><p>Our strain of <italic>P. phragmitetus</italic> was resistant to more antibiotics than the other reported two strains. This case further verified the infectivity of <italic>P. phragmitetus</italic>.</p></sec>