A 44-year-old man, with medical history of chronic alcoholic intoxication and smoking, presented with suspicion of infected pancreatic necrosis, 5 weeks after severe acute alcoholic pancreatitis. The physical examination revealed asthenia, diffuse abdominal pain and fever (38.4 °C). Laboratory results showed elevated inflammatory markers, anemia (hemoglobin 8.5 g/dL) and malnutrition with hypoalbuminemia (25 g/L). Abdominal CT-scan showed a 8 cm walled-off pancreatic necrosis. A necrosis puncture was positive for Escherichia coli.
