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PHLEGMONOUS ENTEROCOLITIS: A RARE FORM OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
Author(s) -
Moore James W. E.,
Sweeney James L.,
Penfold Brian,
Bignold Leon P.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1995.tb00554.x
Subject(s) - medicine , enterocolitis , inflammatory bowel disease , colectomy , necrotizing enterocolitis , gastroenterology , disease , intensive care medicine , population , ulcerative colitis , environmental health
Phlegmonous enterocolitis is a rarely encountered and almost universally fatal bacterial infection seen most often in the alcoholic population. Despite being first described in 1842. fewer than 60 cases have been reported. The role of surgical management in this condition is unknown. We present a case of phlegmonous enterocolitis with a successful outcome after total colectomy.