Abstract
Abstract
Background
Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum) is a resident anaerobic bacterium, which in rare cases may invade blood from the head and neck or the digestive tract to cause bacteremia and induce venous thrombosis. F. nucleatum is closely related to abdominal tumors, but it has not been reported in relation to renal tumors. We report herein a possible case.
Case presentation
This patient had kidney cancer with thrombosis in the right renal vein but had no sign of infection. After radical nephrectomy, thrombi formed in his left renal vein, and when removed, severe sepsis occurred. He did not respond to treatment with antibiotics and died, but the blood culture done confirmed that he had F. nucleatum bacteremia.
Conclusion
F. nucleatum may also be associated with kidney cancer, and could cause post-operative renal vein thrombosis, and sepsis or septic shock after thrombectomy.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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