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Haemophilus parainfluenza bacteremia post-ERCP and cholecystectomy in a pediatric patient: A case report.

Usha K ChauhanArend StrikwerdaJonathan B GubbayNikhil Pai
Published in: Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada (2019)
Haemophilus parainfluenzae is a species that is commonly found in the human respiratory tract. It is an uncommon cause of gastrointestinal infection and bacteremia. Here, we present the case of a 17-year-old boy who developed H. parainfluenzae bacteremia and intraabdominal abscess after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with sphincterotomy followed by elective cholecystectomy within 3 days. The patient was successfully treated with IV ceftriaxone with improvement in symptoms and progressive resolution of his abscess. We report a pediatric case of H. parainfluenzae infection occurring post-ERCP and cholecystectomy, and describe the convergence of two major risk factors for H. parainfluenzae bacteremia in the same pediatric patient.
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