Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a child returning from the Ivory Coast

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 242-243

  Anthoine Milhomme, Marie Constance ^a,b   Chappuy, Helene ^a   Chéron, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Acute acalculous cholecystitic malaria

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CHLOROQUINE; HALOFANTRINE; THIAMPHENICOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COTE D'IVOIRE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER PAIN; MALARIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHOOL CHILD; ACUTE ABDOMEN; CHILD; FRANCE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; TRAVEL;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; TRAVEL;

EID: 34247212811     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31803f5ab8     Document Type: Article

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