Pneumococcal perihepatitis due to hematogeneous dissemination

IDCases
Koichiro OkumuraKenji Nishida

Abstract

Perihepatitis is mainly caused by a direct extension of pelvic inflammatory disease, in which the causative pathogen is typically Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis. We herein discuss the case of a 61-year-old female patient who presented with a fever and right upper quadrant pain. Perihepatitis was diagnosed by contrast-enhanced computed tomography. She had no previous history of sexual activity, genital symptoms, remarkable physical findings or examination results indicative of pelvic inflammatory disease or other diseases. A blood culture detected Streptococcus pneumoniae, leading to the suspicion of hematogeneous dissemination. The patient was therefore treated with the appropriate antimicrobials. While invasive pneumococcal disease mainly results in bacteremic pneumonia, meningitis or endocarditis, the present case showed that it can also lead to perihepatitis; a blood culture is therefore useful for clarifying the infection route and pathogens in perihepatitis if the patient has no past history of sexual activity, genital symptoms or physical or other findings indicative of pelvic inflammatory disease.

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