Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Su Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3838054 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20130911 12
Splenic abscesses caused by Streptococcus bovis are rarely reported in the literature and are mainly seen in patients with endocarditis and associated colonic neoplasia/carcinoma. We report the first case of splenic abscess caused by Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus (Streptococcus bovis biotype II/2) as presentation of a pancreatic cancer. ...[more]