Case Report

Telltale Mouth Flora A Clue to the Diagnosis of Factitious Recurrent Thigh Abscesses

Authors: Daniel S. Selinger MD, Krisna Chongsiriwatana MD, Christopher J. Froelich MD, Albert V. Vogel MD, And, Alexander L. Kisch MD

Abstract

SUMMARYA 27-year-old man had recurrent abscesses of the thigh caused by organisms typical of mouth flora. The unusual identity of these organisms from a thigh abscess led to the recognition that the illness was induced by self-injection with saliva, and that the patient had many of the characteristics of Münchausen's syndrome.

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