Splenic infarction secondary to COVID-19 complicated by Clostridium Paraputrificum infection
A 58-year-old woman with COVID-19 presented with an acute abdomen. Her spleen was found to be infarcted with a large fluid and gas collection. Treatment included broad-spectrum antibiotics and CT-guided drainage. Definitive treatment was splenectomy. We postulate that COVID-19 related splenic infarc...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-01-01
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| Series: | IDCases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250921003139 |