Liver Abscesses after Peritoneal Venous Shunt

Liver Abscesses after Peritoneal Venous Shunt

A 70-year-old man was referred to our hospital for high-grade fever with chills. He has visited our hospital for alcoholic liver cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus for over 20 years. Nine months earlier, he had received a peritoneal venous shunt (Denver shunt®) because of refractory ascites. Laboratory...

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Main Authors: Hideto Kawaratani, Tatsuhiro Tsujimoto, Takuya Kubo, Yousuke Aihara, Toshiaki Takaya, Masakazu Uejima, Kei Moriya, Ryuichi Noguchi, Hitoshi Yoshiji, Hiroshi Fukui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-05-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Peritoneal venous shunt
Denver shunt
Liver abscess
Liver cirrhosis
Selective intestinal decontamination
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/351833

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