Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a teenager with hepatitis A virus infection - A case report

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-76

  de Souza, Luiz José ^a,b   Braga, Lílian Costa ^b   Rocha, Natally de Souza Maciel ^b   Tavares, Rachel Ribeiro ^b  

^a Brazilian Society of Internal Medicine   (Brazil)

^b Dengue Reference Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute acalculous cholecystitis; Acute viral hepatitis A

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; LIVER ENZYME; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLURIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEVER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PERISTALSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE DISEASE;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 69249209974     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702009000100017     Document Type: Article

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