Group A streptococcal septicaemia presenting as an acute abdomen in a child

We present an unusual case of group A streptococcal septicaemia referred to a paediatric surgical unit as acute appendicitis and highlight the importance of remembering this condition as part of a differential diagnosis.

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Autores principales: Short, Melissa, Lawson, Anne
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1891275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17550591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-2-15
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spelling pubmed-18912752007-06-13 Group A streptococcal septicaemia presenting as an acute abdomen in a child Short, Melissa Lawson, Anne World J Emerg Surg Case Report We present an unusual case of group A streptococcal septicaemia referred to a paediatric surgical unit as acute appendicitis and highlight the importance of remembering this condition as part of a differential diagnosis. BioMed Central 2007-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC1891275/ /pubmed/17550591 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-2-15 Text en Copyright © 2007 Short and Lawson; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Group A streptococcal septicaemia presenting as an acute abdomen in a child
title Group A streptococcal septicaemia presenting as an acute abdomen in a child
title_full Group A streptococcal septicaemia presenting as an acute abdomen in a child
title_fullStr Group A streptococcal septicaemia presenting as an acute abdomen in a child
title_full_unstemmed Group A streptococcal septicaemia presenting as an acute abdomen in a child
title_short Group A streptococcal septicaemia presenting as an acute abdomen in a child
title_sort group a streptococcal septicaemia presenting as an acute abdomen in a child
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1891275/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-2-15
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