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Fusobacterium nucleatum bacteraemia with multiple liver abscesses in an HIV-I antibody positive man with IgG2
A Scoular1, G D Corcoran, A Malin
1Department of Genito-urinary Medicine, UCMSM, Middlesex Hospital, London, U.K.
The Journal of Infection
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
Liver abscess formation due to Fusobacterium nucleatum is rare. We describe an HIV-I antibody positive man, with normal surrogate markers of cell-mediated immunity, who presented with F. nucleatum bacteraemia and liver abscess formation. He was found to have IgG2 subclass deficiency. This case illustrates the clinical importance of altered B-cell function in patients who are at an early stage of HIV disease.