Edwardsiella tarda為不常見的致病菌。五十四歲的男性病患,因腹部脹痛,發燒畏寒,血壓降低接受急診手術。後腹腔濃瘍培養出E. tarda及E. coli,小腸表面的結節證實為結核菌感染。該患者為少數無危險因子存在但有腹內結核菌及E. tarda混合感染病例。
Edwardsiella tarda is an unusual pathogen rarely found in humans. A 54-year-old man who presented with diffuse abdominal pain, fever, chills, and hypotension received emergency operation. Cultures from the retroperitoneal abscess grew both E. tarda and Escherischia coli. Polymerase chain reaction testing of biopsy material from the granulomatous nodules of small bowel serosa was positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This is a rare case of mixed infection of E. tarda and tuberculosis in a patient with an absence of predisposing factors.