Metastatic gas gangrene of the leg due to acute emphysematous cholecystitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2480-2483

  Ito, Takeshi ^a   Shiraki, Katsuya ^a   Sekoguchi, Ken ^a   Hamada, Minoru ^a   Yamanaka, Takenari ^a   Takase, Koujiro ^a   Nakano, Takeshi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute emphysematous cholecystitis; Metastic gas gangrene

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEVER; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHOLECYSTITIS; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 0034765401     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012336222483     Document Type: Article

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