Relapsing CAPD peritonitis is defined arbitrarily as a second episode of peritonitis caused by the same organism that caused the immediately preceding episode and occurring within four weeks of ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office on Tuesday ruled that Andre Jackson, the 17-year-old Euclid High School football player, died of a condition called peritonitis after ...
Six episodes of pneumococcal peritonitis in five patients with postnecrotic cirrhosis, portal hypertension and ascites are reported. This diagnosis must be considered when fever or abdominal ...
IT has been known for some time that after an attack of acute pancreatitis an intrinsically "normal" gall bladder may not function temporarily (as evidenced by cholecystography). 1 As far as we are ...
The organs of the abdominal cavity (stomach, intestine, pancreas, liver, kidney, gallbladder, etc.) are surrounded and supported [held in place] by a 2-layer membrane called the peritoneum. The ...
"Cholelithiasis requires quick treatment and treatment as it can cause various complications such as peritonitis." Kim ...
An episode of CAPD peritonitis is usually caused by a single pathogen, Dr. Gokal said. The causative organism is often a gram-positive coccus originating from the normal flora of the patient’s skin.