A Patient with E. coli-induced Pyelonephritis and Sepsis Who Transiently Exhibited Symptoms Associated with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

Nobuhiko OHNO, Yasuo OTA, Syuji HATAKEYAMA, Shintaro YANAGIMOTO, Yuji MORISAWA, Kunihisa TSUKADA, Kazuhiko KOIKE, Satoshi KIMURA
2003 Internal medicine (Tokyo. 1992)  
A 28-year-old womanhad chief complaints of headache and a 40°C fever. At this time, findings indicative of inflammation including elevated CRP and increased WBC were observed, and E. coli was detected on blood and urine culture. As a result, the patient was diagnosed with pyelonephritis and sepsis. Furthermore, markedly increased hepatobiliary enzymes and elevated antimitochondrial antibody were confirmed. The administra-
doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1144 fatcat:bgvaa5sdp5bttadbbuxvh44qy4