Clostridium perfringens septicaemia with massive intravascular haemolysis: A case report and review of the literature

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 343-346

  van Bunderen, C C ^a   Bomers, M K ^a   Wesdorp, E ^a   Peerbooms, P ^a   Veenstra, J ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholangitis; Clostridium perfringens; Massive intravascular haemolysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENTAMICIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METRONIDAZOLE;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS INFECTION; COMMON BILE DUCT; COOMBS TEST; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEVER; GALLSTONE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VATER PAPILLOTOMY;

AGED; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOLANGITIS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GENTAMICINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; SEPSIS;

EID: 77958004578     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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