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Case report of an unusual hepatic abscess caused by Actinomyces odontolyticus in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Shao-Lun HsuChin-Ting WuYuan-Chen ChangChia-Kwung FanYuarn-Jang Lee
Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)
This report is one of the first to highlight GI tract perforation and its clinical relevance with A. odontolyticus infection. A. odontolyticus infection should be diagnosed early in high-risk patients, and increased attention should be paid to commensal flora infection in immunocompromised individuals.
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