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Panminerva Medica 2000 September;42(3):231-2

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Micrococcus luteus: a putative cause of hepatic abscess?

Andreopoulos T., Papanikolaou G., Politou M., Konstantopoulos K., Stefanonou J., Loukopoulos D.

From the University of Athens School of Medicine First Department of Medicine at Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece

Micro­coc­cus ­luteus was repeat­ed­ly iso­lat­ed in ­blood cul­tures dur­ing a pro­longed fever­ish syn­drome in a ­patient who pre­sent­ed ­with mul­ti­ple hepat­ic abscess­es as ­well. In con­trast to the lit­er­a­ture, ­this ­case is not relat­ed to pros­thet­ic devic­es; an untreat­ed ­limb ­wound may ­have ­been the ­site of micro­bi­al ­entry.