Acute ileitis.

Morain, C O

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“…It is less known that the same microorganisms may also cause an appendicitis-mimicking syndrome, in which case the infection is confined to the ileocecal area [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. In these patients right lower abdominal pain is the predominant symptom, whereas diarrhea is absent or only mild.…”

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Infectious ileocecitis caused by Yersinia, Campylobacter, and Salmonella: clinical, radiological and US findings

1997

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Infectious ileocecitits caused by yersinia, campylobacter, and salmonella -clinical, radiological and us findings Puylaert, J.B.C.M.; van der Zant, F.M.; Mutsaers, J.A.E.M. Published in: European Radiology DOI:10.1007/s003300050098Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Puylaert, J. B. C. M., van der Zant, F. M., & Mutsaers, J. A. E. M. (1997). Infectious ileocecitits caused by yersinia, campylobacter, and salmonella -clinical, radiological and us findings. European Radiology, 7(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050098 General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. Download date: 20 Jun 2019 IntroductionIt is well known that the bacteria Yersinia enterocolitica, Campylobacter jejuni, and Salmonella enteritidis are important causes of diarrhea in humans. It is less known that the same microorganisms may also cause an appendicitis-mimicking syndrome, in which case the infection is confined to the ileocecal area [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. In these patients right lower abdominal pain is the predominant symptom, whereas diarrhea is absent or only mild. Due to this symptomatology, this otherwise innocuous and self-limiting bowel infection may lead to an unnecessary laparotomy for suspected appendicitis.The use of US with graded compression has greatly enhanced the diagnostic accuracy in patients with acute right lower abdominal pain [21][22][23][24]. In patients with the above-described appendicitis-mimicking syndrome due to Yersinia, Campylobacter, or Salmonella, a fairly characteristic US pattern can be demonstrated. This enables a rapid diagnosis and therewith exclusion of appendicitis [25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. In view of the constant clinical and morphological features and its common bacterial origin, the condition has been named bacterial ileocecitis (Table 1) [19]. Because analogous clinical, sonographic, and barium findings have also been described in viral, fungal, protozoan, and helminthic infections of the ileocecal area, the term infectious ileocecitis may be more appropriate [32][33][34][35][36].This article reflects a 9-year experience with infectious ileocecitis caused by Yersinia, Campylobacter, and Salmonella and describes its clinical, microbiological, epidemiological, radiolog...

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1997

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Yersinia infections in surgical practice

Attwood

Cafferkey

Keane

1989

British Journal of Surgery

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This article reviews the clinical manifestations of Yersinia bacteria emphasizing their recent rise in incidence and describing how Yersinia infection presents to the general surgeon. Geographical variations, patterns of disease, pathogenicity and the problems in diagnosis and management are discussed. This common but often unrecognized infection is usually self-limiting but the very young, the very old and the immunocompromised are at greater risk and prompt treatment is required to save lives.

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Which bacteria damage the gut and/or predispose to chronic diarrhoea?

Candy¹

1986

Diarrhoea and Malnutrition in Childhood

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Acute ileitis.

Cited by 10 publications

References 9 publications

Infectious ileocecitis caused by Yersinia, Campylobacter, and Salmonella: clinical, radiological and US findings

Infectious ileocecitis caused by Yersinia, Campylobacter, and Salmonella: clinical, radiological and US findings

Yersinia infections in surgical practice

Which bacteria damage the gut and/or predispose to chronic diarrhoea?

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