| Title | Hemorrhagic Bullae Caused by Bacteroides fragilis in a Patient with Intra-abdominal Infection. | | Author(s) | Lin HY, Chen TC, Chen YH, Lu PL, Lin WR, Yang YC | | Institution | Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. | | Source | J Formos Med Assoc 2008 Aug; 107(8):659-62. | | Abstract | Skin manifestations due to intra-abdominal infection are uncommon but could be a warning sign of severe infection. We report a 58-year-old uremic female who had acute cholecystitis and pneumatosis intestinalis. She developed periumbilical hemorrhagic bullae and finally had a fatal outcome with medical therapy. Severe intra-abdominal infection such as pneumatosis intestinalis should be suspected when periumbilical bullae increase in size. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 18678550 |
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