Eggerthella lenta bacteraemia in endometrial adenocarcinoma — a case report from Pakistan

Tazeen Fatima; Rumina Hasan; Samia Tariq

doi:10.5455/JPMA.285088

Eggerthella lenta bacteraemia in endometrial adenocarcinoma — a case report from Pakistan

Tazeen Fatima, Rumina Hasan, Samia Tariq

Centre for Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Research

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Abstract

We report a case of Eggerthella lenta bacteraemia. An elderly lady with metastasised endometrial adenocarcinoma presented with complaints of fever nausea vomiting and abdominal pain. CT scan of the abdomen showed enlarged liver with multiple metastatic lesions raising suspicion of small-bowel obstruction. Due to multiple comorbid conditions, surgery was contraindicated and she was treated empirically with meropenem and vancomycin. Blood culture received on admission grew Eggerthela lenta.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1079-1080
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Volume	70
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5455/JPMA.285088
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020

Keywords

Bacteremia
Eggerthela lenta
Endometrial adenocarcinoma

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