Juan Corredoira, Enrique Miguez, Lara María Mateo, Ricardo Fernández-Rodríguez, José Francisco García-Rodríguez, Alexandre Pérez-González, Ana Sanjurjo, María Victoria Pulian, Blanca Ayuso-García
Whether cirrhotic patients with Streptococcus bovis bacteremia have an increased risk of colorectal neoplasm is uncertain. A multicentric retrospective cohort study was conducted investigating associations between S. bovis biotype and species, cirrhosis, and colorectal neoplasm. Out of 779 patients with S. bovis bacteremia, 69 (8.7%) had cirrhosis. No differences were found in the prevalence of colorectal neoplasm between cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients undergoing colonoscopy. Among cirrhotic patients, prevalence of colorectal neoplasms was higher in S...
May 5, 2023: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases