Clostridium perfringens bacteremia caused by choledocholithiasis in the absence of gallbladder stones

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 5632-5634

  Atia, Antwan ^a   Raiyani, Tejas ^b   Patel, Pranav ^b   Patton, Robert ^a   Young, Mark ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Choledocholithiasis; Clostridium perfringens

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZTREONAM; BILIRUBIN; ERTAPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS INFECTION; COLON POLYP; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SPHINCTEROTOMY;

EID: 84873929678     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i39.5632     Document Type: Article

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