Febre crônica associada a abscesso esplênico causado por Staphylococcus epidermidis
| Autor: | César Omar Carranza-Tamayo, Juliana Salles de Carvalho, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty Abscesso esplênico business.industry medicine.drug_class medicine.medical_treatment Splenectomy Antibiotics medicine.disease Occult Abdômen Surgery Infectious Diseases Visceral leishmaniasis Abdominal trauma Febre medicine Endocarditis Parasitology Differential diagnosis business Abdominal surgery |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da UnB Universidade de Brasília (UnB) instacron:UNB |
| ISSN: | 0037-8682 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s0037-86822007000500019 |
| Popis: | Abscessos ocultos são causa freqüente de febre crônica. Os abscessos esplênicos são entidades raras, usualmente associadas a quadros subjacentes de cirurgia abdominal, endocardite ou imunodepressão. Apresenta-se um caso de paciente com febre prolongada causada por um abscesso esplênico, cujo principal diagnóstico diferencial era leishmaniose visceral, que provavelmente esteve associado a traumatismo abdominal. O tratamento consistiu em antibioticoterapia seguida de esplenectomia. Occult abscesses are frequent causes of chronic fever. Splenic abscesses are rare entities that are usually associated with underlying conditions such as abdominal surgery, endocarditis or immunodepression. We report on the case of a patient with prolonged fever caused by a splenic abscess, whose main differential diagnosis was visceral leishmaniasis. However, this condition was probably related to abdominal trauma. The treatment consisted of antibiotics followed by splenectomy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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