Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies and atypical presentation can delay its diagnosis. We report a case of a patient with Bacteroides fragilis bacteremia with a 5-day fever, vomiting and diarrhea. Blood cultures warned physicians to extend the diagnostics with computed tomography that revealed acute appendicitis.
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