Enteritis necroticans 'pigbel' in a Japanese diabetic adult

Pathology International

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 622-626

  Matsuda, Tomomichi ^a   Okada, Yuji ^a   Inagi, Eiji ^a   Tanabe, Yasushi ^a   Shimizu, Yozo ^a   Nagashima, Kazuo ^a   Sakurai, Jun ^c   Nagahama, Masahiro ^c   Tanaka, Shinya ^b  

^a Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens type C; Enteritis necroticans; Gram positive box car bacilli; Segmental annular lesion

Indexed keywords

FLOMOXEF;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547661473     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2007.02149.x     Document Type: Article

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