Gas within the wall of the stomach due to emphysematous gastritis: Case report and review

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1155-1160

  Van Mook, Walther N K A ^a   Van der Geest, Siebe ^a   Goessens, Marco L M J ^a   Schoon, Erik J ^a   Ramsay, Graham ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Emphysematous gastritis; Gas; Gastric emphysema; Gastric pneumatosis; Infection; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Phlegmonous gastritis; Pneumatosis intestinalis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Staphylococcus aureus; Stomach wall

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GAS; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH WALL;

AGED; EMPHYSEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HUMANS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036795206     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200210000-00018     Document Type: Article

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