1.
Postgrad Med J
; 72(851): 567-8, 1996 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8949599
2.
J Clin Gastroenterol
; 8(6): 687-9, 1986 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3543108
ABSTRACT
A cirrhotic woman developed pneumococcal pneumonia with sepsis. Antibiotic therapy initially resulted in defervescence. However, nonobstructive colonic dilatation developed along with fever and clinical deterioration. Abdominal paracentesis and blood cultures revealed Escherichia coli bacterial peritonitis and bacteremia. The patient died. Autopsy revealed massive cecal mucosal ulceration, which was interpreted as the cause of the bacterial peritonitis.