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Fulminant Clostridium septicum infection mimicking appendicitis in a healthy child
Authors: Chang, Yi-Jung; Wu, Chang-Teng; Chiu, Cheng-Hsun; Hsia, Shao-Hsuan; Huang, Chen-Sheng
Source: Annals of Tropical Paediatrics: International Child Health, Volume 27, Number 1, March 2007 , pp. 91-94(4)
Publisher: Maney Publishing
Abstract:
A 5-year-old boy with Clostridium septicum enterocolitis presented with severe right lower abdominal pain. On the day after admission, shock, neutropenia and pneumoperitoneum prompted a laparotomy. Gangrene of the ileum and colon was identified, associated with a fatal Clostridium septicum infection.Document Type: Case Report
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/146532807X170574
Affiliations: Division of Paediatric Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Paediatics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Tauyuan, Taiwan
Publication date: 2007-03-01
- In 2012 Annals of Tropical Paediatrics changed its name to Paediatrics and International Child Health to reflect changes and developments in the subject area. View the issues of Paediatrics and International Child Health available online.
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