Diverticular Pylephlebitis and Polymicrobial Septicemia

Diverticulitis primarily affects the sigmoid colon and is often complicated by intra-abdominal abscesses and fistulas. Rarely, however, mesenteric venous thrombosis has been known to occur. Optimal management is still unclear. We report the first case of polymicrobial sepsis resulting from diverticu...

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Autores principales: Ram, Pradhum, Lapumnuaypol, Kamolyut, Punjabi, Chitra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5253500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6819474
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author Ram, Pradhum
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description Diverticulitis primarily affects the sigmoid colon and is often complicated by intra-abdominal abscesses and fistulas. Rarely, however, mesenteric venous thrombosis has been known to occur. Optimal management is still unclear. We report the first case of polymicrobial sepsis resulting from diverticular pylephlebitis, managed successfully with bowel rest, antibiotics, and anticoagulation.
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spelling pubmed-52535002017-02-05 Diverticular Pylephlebitis and Polymicrobial Septicemia Ram, Pradhum Lapumnuaypol, Kamolyut Punjabi, Chitra Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Diverticulitis primarily affects the sigmoid colon and is often complicated by intra-abdominal abscesses and fistulas. Rarely, however, mesenteric venous thrombosis has been known to occur. Optimal management is still unclear. We report the first case of polymicrobial sepsis resulting from diverticular pylephlebitis, managed successfully with bowel rest, antibiotics, and anticoagulation. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017 2017-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5253500/ /pubmed/28163946 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6819474 Text en Copyright © 2017 Pradhum Ram et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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Ram, Pradhum
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title_full Diverticular Pylephlebitis and Polymicrobial Septicemia
title_fullStr Diverticular Pylephlebitis and Polymicrobial Septicemia
title_full_unstemmed Diverticular Pylephlebitis and Polymicrobial Septicemia
title_short Diverticular Pylephlebitis and Polymicrobial Septicemia
title_sort diverticular pylephlebitis and polymicrobial septicemia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5253500/
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