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Liver abscess due to Actinomyces odontolyticus in an immunocompetent patient

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Liver abscess caused by Actinomyces odontolyticus is rarely reported. We report an immunocompetent patient who developed A. odontolyticus liver abscess, and was successfully treated with antibiotics for 6 weeks and abscess drainage. The isolate could not be identified accurately by one commercial biochemical method and was documented to species level by partial sequencing analysis of 16S rRNA genes.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    C.-T. Chao & C.-H. Liao

  2. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan

    C.-C. Lai

  3. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

    P.-R. Hsueh

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Chao, CT., Liao, CH., Lai, CC. et al. Liver abscess due to Actinomyces odontolyticus in an immunocompetent patient. Infection 39, 77–79 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-010-0063-7

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