Intestinal schistosomiasis presenting as large bowel perforation in an HIV-positive individual
| Autor: | N Shabalala, I Thirsk, RA Cadwallader |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine lcsh:RC955-962 medicine.medical_treatment Perforation (oil well) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Schistosomiasis Case Report Bowel perforation medicine.disease_cause Gastroenterology Internal medicine Medicine General Environmental Science Schistosoma biology business.industry General Engineering Sigmoid colon Bowel resection medicine.disease biology.organism_classification digestive system diseases Bowel obstruction medicine.anatomical_structure Immunology General Earth and Planetary Sciences business |
| Zdroj: | Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, Vol 2011, Iss default, Pp 105-107 (2011) |
| Popis: | RA Cadwallader, N Shabalala, I ThirskNgwelezana Hospital, Empangeni, South AfricaAbstract: Endemic to over 70 countries and resulting in 200 million infected individuals and 500,000 deaths each year, the Schistosoma trematode worm can result in multisystem morbidity. Bowel obstruction secondary to this parasite has previously been described, but we report the first case of schistosomiasis affecting the sigmoid colon and resulting in perforation in a male positive for human immunodeficiency virus.Keywords: large bowel obstruction, large bowel perforation, schistosomiasis, bowel resection |
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