Hemorrhagic Bullae Caused by Bacteroides fragilis in a Patient with Intra-abdominal Infection
Skin manifestations due to intra-abdominal infection are uncommon but could be a warning sign of severe infection. We report a 58-year-old uremic female who had acute cholecystitis and pneumatosis intestinalis. She developed periumbilical hemorrhagic bullae and finally had a fatal outcome with medic...
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| author | Hugo You-Hsien Lin Tun-Chieh Chen Yen-Hsu Chen Po-Liang Lu Wei-Ru Lin Yuan-Chieh Yang |
| author_facet | Hugo You-Hsien Lin Tun-Chieh Chen Yen-Hsu Chen Po-Liang Lu Wei-Ru Lin Yuan-Chieh Yang |
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| description | Skin manifestations due to intra-abdominal infection are uncommon but could be a warning sign of severe infection. We report a 58-year-old uremic female who had acute cholecystitis and pneumatosis intestinalis. She developed periumbilical hemorrhagic bullae and finally had a fatal outcome with medical therapy. Severe intra-abdominal infection such as pneumatosis intestinalis should be suspected when periumbilical bullae increase in size. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82d39d6a19724960a0ede7b3fe3213082022-12-21T19:16:08ZengElsevierJournal of the Formosan Medical Association0929-66462008-08-01107865966210.1016/S0929-6646(08)60184-9Hemorrhagic Bullae Caused by Bacteroides fragilis in a Patient with Intra-abdominal InfectionHugo You-Hsien Lin0Tun-Chieh Chen1Yen-Hsu Chen2Po-Liang Lu3Wei-Ru Lin4Yuan-Chieh Yang5Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanSkin manifestations due to intra-abdominal infection are uncommon but could be a warning sign of severe infection. We report a 58-year-old uremic female who had acute cholecystitis and pneumatosis intestinalis. She developed periumbilical hemorrhagic bullae and finally had a fatal outcome with medical therapy. Severe intra-abdominal infection such as pneumatosis intestinalis should be suspected when periumbilical bullae increase in size.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664608601849Bacteroides fragilishemorrhagic bullaeintra-abdominal infectionskin manifestations |
| spellingShingle | Hugo You-Hsien Lin Tun-Chieh Chen Yen-Hsu Chen Po-Liang Lu Wei-Ru Lin Yuan-Chieh Yang Hemorrhagic Bullae Caused by Bacteroides fragilis in a Patient with Intra-abdominal Infection Journal of the Formosan Medical Association Bacteroides fragilis hemorrhagic bullae intra-abdominal infection skin manifestations |
| title | Hemorrhagic Bullae Caused by Bacteroides fragilis in a Patient with Intra-abdominal Infection |
| title_full | Hemorrhagic Bullae Caused by Bacteroides fragilis in a Patient with Intra-abdominal Infection |
| title_fullStr | Hemorrhagic Bullae Caused by Bacteroides fragilis in a Patient with Intra-abdominal Infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hemorrhagic Bullae Caused by Bacteroides fragilis in a Patient with Intra-abdominal Infection |
| title_short | Hemorrhagic Bullae Caused by Bacteroides fragilis in a Patient with Intra-abdominal Infection |
| title_sort | hemorrhagic bullae caused by bacteroides fragilis in a patient with intra abdominal infection |
| topic | Bacteroides fragilis hemorrhagic bullae intra-abdominal infection skin manifestations |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664608601849 |
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