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Gram stain from the anaerobic culture plate showing small Gram-negative diplococci (1000x).
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Two additional anaerobic blood culture bottles obtained on day 2 of hospital stay were positive for Veillonella atypica, identified using MALDI-TOF (Figure 1).
(a) Liver biopsy showing portal and perivenular fibrosis with severe bridging fibrosis and alcoholic hepatitis (hematoxylin & eosin stain, 200x). (b) Trichrome stain demonstrating severe fibrosis (200x).
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Liver biopsy obtained on hospital day 8 demonstrated bridging fibrosis and was consistent with alcoholic hepatitis with cholestasis (Figures 2(a) and 2(b)).