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PIG‐BEL—EPIDEMIC AND SPORADIC NECROTIZING ENTERITIS IN THE HIGHLANDS OF NEW GUINEA
Author(s) -
MURRELL T. G. C.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
australasian annals of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0571-9283
DOI - 10.1111/imj.1967.16.1.4
Subject(s) - enteritis , new guinea , medicine , epidemiology , outbreak , veterinary medicine , virology , ethnology , history
Summary Pig‐bel is a severe necrotizing enteritis which is probably caused by Clostridium welchii type C. The patient may present with the clinical features of enteritis, an acute surgical abdomen or malabsorption syndrome. The epidemiology of the disease is associated with the periodic consumption of pork by the New Guinea Highlander. Pigs play a vital role in the cultural life of these Melanesian peoples.