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- Title
The erroneous perception of a clinical sign: Cholestasis preceding sepsis mimicking hepatitis in an adolescent patient.
- Authors
Romano, Fabrizio; Molinaro, Marisa; Schibli, Susanne; Agyeman, Philipp K. A.; Löllgen, Ruth Mari
- Abstract
Jaundice should be considered as a first clinical sign preceding severe invasive bacterial infection or sepsis in patients of all ages including childhood and adolescence. Early laboratory investigations and MR imaging studies for osteomyelitis or myositis are paramount to avoid progression to life-threatening sepsis and significant morbidity and mortality.
- Subjects
SYMPTOMS; TEENAGERS; SEPSIS; CHOLESTASIS; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; OSTEOMYELITIS; JAUNDICE
- Publication
Clinical Case Reports, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
2050-0904
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1002/ccr3.4578