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Phlegmonous colitis: another source of sepsis in cirrhotic patients?

BACKGROUND: The clinical relevance of phlegmonous colitis (PC), a rare autopsy finding in cirrhotic patients, is poorly documented. We postulated that PC might be a source of sepsis in patients with portal hypertensive colopathy (PHC). CASE PRESENTATION: We report three cirrhotic patients who were a...

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Autores principales: Holzer, Thomas, Gervaz, Pascal, Spahr, Laurent, McKee, Thomas, Bucher, Pascal, Morel, Philippe
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2800109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20003486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-9-94