Resumen

PEREZ MORALES, Ledys; BARLETTA DEL CASTILLO, Jorge  y  QUINONES CHERTA, Odette. Isolation of Streptococcus bovis in a Patient with Undiagnosed Colon Cancer. A Case Report. Medisur [online]. 2014, vol.12, n.1, pp.106-111. ISSN 1727-897X.

One of the bacterial agents commonly associated with colorectal cancer is Streptococcus bovis. Twenty five to 80 % of patients with Streptococcus bovis bacteremia develop colorectal tumors and the incidence of colonic neoplasia associated with S. bovis endocarditis has been shown to be 18 to 62 %. Hence, it was decided to present the case of a 57-year-old patient from an urban area with a 6-year history of diabetes mellitus type I and alcoholism, who was admitted to the hospital in Cienfuegos because of significant gastrointestinal bleeding and fever (39-40 o C). Streptococcus bovis was isolated from the blood culture. The patient died 72 hours after his admission. Autopsy results showed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the right colon.

Palabras clave : Streptococcus bovis; colonic neoplasms; adenocarcinoma; case reports.

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