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A case of recurrent acute cholecystitis caused by Actinomyces odontolyticus, rare actinomycosis

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Backgrounds Actinomyces species are gram-positive, obligate anaerobic rods and are rare causes of cholecystitis. Because Actinomyces species are anaerobic bacteria, it is difficult for Actinomyces to survive in bile apart from A. naeslundii.
Kento Furuya   +5 more
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Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis: diagnostic complexity and review of the literature

open access: yes, 2023
We report the case of a 39-year-old male presenting with acute onset vomiting and diarrhoea. Initially treated empirically for gastroenteritis, imaging later confirmed a complicated episode of cholecystitis with fistular formation and intra-abdominal ...
Hutchins, Jemima   +15 more
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GGTLC1 Is a Prognostic Biomarker in Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma

open access: yesInternational Journal of Genomics
Trial Registration: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry identifier: LSKY: 2022-112 ...
Shi Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prognostic value of preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for prediction of severe cholecystitis [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Medical Biochemistry, 2018
Background: The predictive value of preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in patients with cholecystitis has not been established. The aim of this study was to investigate preoperative NLR in patients with cholecystitis and to identify a ...
Micić Dušan   +4 more
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Clostridial Cholecystitis

open access: yes, 2021
Emphysematous cholecystitis is a fulminant variety of acute cholecystitis that differs in its pathology and epidemiology from cholecystitis induced by gallstones. The characteristic feature of this sinister variant of cholecystitis is the presence of gas
Pfeifer, Christopher C   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Predictors of acute gangrenous cholecystitis and its complications: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC Surgery
Introduction Acute gangrenous cholecystitis is a serious complication of acute cholecystitis. Predictors of its development and of its complications are not well established.
Noelle El Asmar   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mendelian randomization rules out the causal relationship between serum lipids and cholecystitis

open access: yesBMC Medical Genomics, 2021
Background The relationship between serum lipids and cholecystitis is still under investigation. To examine the causal effect of serum lipids on cholecystitis using the Mendelian randomization method.
Hongqun Yang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acute Cholecystitis [PDF]

open access: yesVisceral Medicine, 2015
<b><i>Background:</i></b> The treatment of acute cholecystitis has been controversially discussed in the literature as there are no high-evidence-level data yet for determining the optimal point in time for surgical intervention. So far, the laparoscopic removal of the gallbladder within 72 h has been the most preferred approach
Schuld, Jochen, Glanemann, Matthias
openaire   +2 more sources

Acute ischemic cholecystitis in Takayasu’s syndrome – a rare finding [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Introduction. Takayasu’s arteritis or pulseless disease is a systemic inflammatory disease of an unknown etiology, affecting medium and large arteries and their branches, leading to stenosis, occlusions, or aneurysmal degeneration. It is more frequent in
Alexandru C. CARÂP   +7 more
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How to treat remnant cholecystitis after subtotal cholecystectomy: two case reports

open access: yesSurgical Case Reports, 2021
Background Subtotal cholecystectomy in patients with severe acute cholecystitis is considered a “bailout” option when the safety of the bile duct cannot be guaranteed. However, subtotal cholecystectomy has a long-term risk of remnant cholecystitis.
Taisei Teshima   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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