Spontaneous bowel perforation due to norovirus: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Pawa, Nikhil ^a   Vanezis, Andrew P ^a   Tutton, Matthew G ^a  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LAXATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GANGRENOUS ILEITIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ILEITIS; ILEUM; ILEUS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTESTINE LOOP; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERITONITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 77953431078     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-9101     Document Type: Article

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