A Cryptic Case of an Anaerobic Hepatic Abscess Following a Cesarean Section.
Cureus
; 15(4): e37293, 2023 Apr.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-20234511
ABSTRACT
Postpartum infectious complications can present with a wide range of nonspecific symptoms. Herein, we describe a complicated late postpartum presentation of recurrent fever following a cesarean delivery complicated by chorioamnionitis. Following discharge, the patient experienced cyclical fever and was treated with antipyretics as an outpatient. The patient continued to experience symptoms and reported to the hospital for further evaluation. Initially thought to be septic pelvic thrombophlebitis, the patient was trialed on clindamycin and gentamycin without resolution of symptoms. After extensive evaluation, the fevers were found to be the result of an infected periuterine hematoma and a concomitant subcapsular inferior hepatic abscess. Bacterial cultures isolated two rare anaerobic organisms Peptoniphilus ssp. and Finegoldia magna. Source control was achieved by drainage of the two abscesses followed by antibiotic treatment with ertapenem and metronidazole, and the patient recovered successfully. This is the first reported case, to the authors' knowledge, of this complicated postpartum picture due to these anaerobic organisms.
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Long Covid
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English
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Cureus
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2023
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