Life-Threatening Manifestation of Diarrhea

Acute diarrhea is usually mild and self-limited in normally healthy individuals. Further diagnostic evaluation is indicated in patients with severe diarrhea. We present a case of a 46-year-old woman who presented with dehydration and acute renal failure due to acute severe diarrhea. Initial stool st...

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Autores principales: Chelimilla, Haritha, Widjaja, David, Carvajal, Simeon, Kumbum, Kavitha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23607006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/354697
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author Chelimilla, Haritha
Widjaja, David
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Kumbum, Kavitha
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description Acute diarrhea is usually mild and self-limited in normally healthy individuals. Further diagnostic evaluation is indicated in patients with severe diarrhea. We present a case of a 46-year-old woman who presented with dehydration and acute renal failure due to acute severe diarrhea. Initial stool study was suggestive of Aeromonas. Further stool test revealed offending bacteria, which led to appropriate antibiotic use. This paper emphasizes the importance of complete history and correlation between clinical data and laboratory tests.
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spelling pubmed-36233962013-04-19 Life-Threatening Manifestation of Diarrhea Chelimilla, Haritha Widjaja, David Carvajal, Simeon Kumbum, Kavitha Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Acute diarrhea is usually mild and self-limited in normally healthy individuals. Further diagnostic evaluation is indicated in patients with severe diarrhea. We present a case of a 46-year-old woman who presented with dehydration and acute renal failure due to acute severe diarrhea. Initial stool study was suggestive of Aeromonas. Further stool test revealed offending bacteria, which led to appropriate antibiotic use. This paper emphasizes the importance of complete history and correlation between clinical data and laboratory tests. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3623396/ /pubmed/23607006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/354697 Text en Copyright © 2013 Haritha Chelimilla et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623396/
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