Lethal multiple colon necrosis and perforation due to fulminant amoebic colitis: a surgical case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Amoebiasis caused by the protozoan species Entamoeba histolytica rarely develops into fulminant amoebic colitis (FAC), but when it does, it shows an aggressive clinical course including colonic perforation, necrotizing colitis, and high mortality. Surgical treatment for FAC patients shou...

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Autores principales: Tomino, Takahiro, Ninomiya, Mizuki, Minagawa, Ryosuke, Matono, Rumi, Yumi Oshiro, Kitahara, Daichi, Izumi, Takuma, Taniguchi, Daisuke, Hirose, Kosuke, Kajiwara, Yuichiro, Minami, Kazuhito, Nishizaki, Takashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7815445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33469722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-020-01095-2

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