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Acalculous cholecystitis in a patient with Plasmodium falciparum infection: a case report and literature review

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Acalculous cholecystitis in a patient with Plasmodium falciparum infection: a case report and literature review

Yombi, J. C.; Meuris, C. M.; Van Gompel, A. M.; Ben Younes, M.; Vandercam, B.
Journal Name:
Journal of Travel Medicine
Issue Date:
2006
Volume:
13
Issue:
3
Pages:
178-180
Publisher:
Blackwell Publishing
Place:
Oxford
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00023.X
Pubmed ID:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16706951
Language:
English
Type:
Article
Keywords:
Protozoal diseases
Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
Complications
Cholecystitis
Clinical diagnosis
Ultrasonography
Clinical management
Antibiotics
Antimalarials
Surgery
Case reports
Belgium
Europe, West

Abstract:

Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) can occur without gallstones in critically ill or injured patients and has also been associated with various infectious agents.(1-4) We report here a case of AAC in a patient with Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

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