Upper gastrointestinal bleeding related to emphysematous cholecystitis due to Clostridium perfringens

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Gottignies, Philippe ^a   Hossey, Didier ^a   Lasser, Luc ^a   Cherifi, Soraya ^a   Devriendt, Jacques ^a   De Bels, David ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Emphysematous cholecystitis; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BILIARY PERITONITIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DUODENUM ULCER; EMPHYSEMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; SCLEROTHERAPY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DUODENAL ULCER; EMPHYSEMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 77949330722     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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