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- Title
Peritonitis in 2 French Women.
- Authors
Nourrisson, Céline; Gal, Solène Le; Moniot, Maxime; Delbac, Frédéric; Bail, Jean-Pierre; Nevez, Gilles; Poirier, Philippe
- Abstract
The article presents case studies of 70-year-old woman with a history of inflammatory stenosis of the small intestine and occlusive syndrome, and 65-year-old woman with sigmoid diverticulitis. It notes diagnosis of vacuolar forms of Blastocystis in both cases; and mentions association of consequence of digestive disease with intestine epithelial barrier impairment and translocation of the parasites.
- Subjects
ABDOMINAL pain; COMPUTED tomography; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; EMERGENCY medical services; MICROBIOLOGICAL techniques; PERITONITIS; POLYMERASE chain reaction; TREATMENT effectiveness; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 72, Issue 1, p173
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciaa563