Fulminant Clostridium septicum infection mimicking appendicitis in a healthy child

Yi Jung Chang; Chang Teng Wu; Cheng Hsun Chiu; Shao Hsuan Hsia; Chen Sheng Huang

Fulminant Clostridium septicum infection mimicking appendicitis in a healthy child

Yi Jung Chang
, Chang Teng Wu
, Cheng Hsun Chiu
, Shao Hsuan Hsia^*
, Chen Sheng Huang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

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Abstract

A 5-year-old boy with Clostridium septicum enterocolitis presented with severe right lower abdominal pain. On the day after admission, shock, neutropenia and pneumoperitoneum prompted a laparotomy. Gangrene of the ileum and colon was identified, associated with a fatal Closuidium septcum infection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	91-94
Number of pages	4
Journal	Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
Volume	27
Issue number	1
State	Published - 03 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Fulminant Clostridium septicum infection mimicking appendicitis in a healthy child

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