Journal article
Blunt traumatic liver injury associated with clostridial infection of early onset
Canadian journal of surgery, Vol.36(6), pp.529-532
12/01/1993
PMID: 8258133
Abstract
Hepatic clostridial infections associated with blunt abdominal trauma are rare. Generally they occur from 2 weeks to 3 months after injury and are thought to result from the growth of normal enteric organisms, which are carried to the liver by the portal venous system and infect devitalized tissue. The authors describe two patients in whom the hepatic infection became established in less than 24 hours after injury and was due to Clostridium spp. The patients were successfully treated by hepatic resection and combination antimicrobial therapy. Hyperbaric oxygen was used as an adjunct in one case.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Blunt traumatic liver injury associated with clostridial infection of early onset
- Creators
- A W HemmingC H ScudamoreG I McGregorD Owen
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Canadian journal of surgery, Vol.36(6), pp.529-532
- PMID
- 8258133
- ISSN
- 0008-428X
- eISSN
- 1488-2310
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/1993
- Academic Unit
- Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984322822902771
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