Appendicular abscess caused by rare Kerstersia gyiorum: a case report and literature review
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Department of Laboratory Medicine, People's Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang 618000, China

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    Appendicular abscess and gangrene is one of the serious complications of acute appendicitis. Kerstersia gyiorum (K. gyiorum) is a rare bacteria, one patient with acute appendicitis was admitted to a hospital, patient's appendicular pus cultured and isolated a kind of flat, pale grey, dry, opaque, marginal diffuse bacterial colony, which was identified as K. gyiorum by mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA gene sequencing, after emergency surgery and sensitive drug treatment, patient was successfully cured. This paper reports and conducts literature review on a rare case of appendicular abscess caused by K. gyiorum.

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肖华亮,袁成良,简苗苗,等.罕见的腿伤克斯特菌致阑尾脓肿——个案报道并文献复习[J].中国感染控制杂志英文版,2021,(12):1159-1165. DOI:10.12138/j. issn.1671-9638.20211488.
Hua-liang XIAO, Cheng-liang YUAN, Miao-miao JIAN, et al. Appendicular abscess caused by rare Kerstersia gyiorum: a case report and literature review[J]. Chin J Infect Control, 2021,(12):1159-1165. DOI:10.12138/j. issn.1671-9638.20211488.

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  • Received:May 27,2021
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