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Emphysematous gastritis secondary to Sarcina ventriculi. [PDF]

BMJ Case Rep, 2018
An 87-year-old man with history of dementia, coronary artery disease on dual antiplatelet therapy and oesophagitis presented to the emergency department with acute-onset coffee ground emesis and left upper quadrant abdominal pain of 1-day duration. Vital signs were normal. Exam was notable for diffuse abdominal pain without peritoneal signs.
Alvin M, Al Jalbout N.
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A rare bacterial infection of the gastrointestinal tract: Clostridium ventriculi [PDF]

Autopsy and Case Reports
TO THE EDITOR: In 1942, John Goodsir,1 a Scottish anatomist and biologist, first described Sarcina ventriculi after the microscopic analysis of the gastric contents of a patient with daily vomiting, abdominal pain, and stomach ulcer suspicion.
Sonali Mishra, Ashok Singh, Arvind Kumar, Ravi Hari Phulware   +3 more
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Sarcina ventriculi: Review of the Literature

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2016
Sarcina ventriculi is an increasingly common gram-positive coccus, recognized in gastric biopsies, particularly of patients with delayed gastric emptying. It occurs most commonly in adult women and can be identified easily by its characteristic morphologic features, such as basophilic staining, cuboid shape, tetrad arrangement, red blood cell–sized ...
Mohamed Rizwan Haroon Al Rasheed
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Sarcina ventriculi of the stomach: a case report. [PDF]

World J Gastroenterol, 2013
Sarcina ventriculi is a Gram positive organism, which has been reported to be found rarely, in the gastric specimens of patients with gastroparesis. Only eight cases of Sarcina, isolated from gastric specimens have been reported so far. Sarcina has been implicated in the development of gastric ulcers, emphysematous gastritis and gastric perforation. We
Ratuapli SK, Lam-Himlin DM, Heigh RI.
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Sarcina organism of the stomach: Report of a case [PDF]

Human Pathology: Case Reports, 2021
Sarcina Ventriculi is a gram-positive organism, rarely encountered as a human pathogen. It has been described in stomach specimens, often in patients with delayed gastric emptying. The exact role of this organism in human disease is not clear.
Andre Ene, Morgan H. McCoy, Shadi Qasem
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Gastroenteric-anastomosis in the setting of marked stomach dilatation associated with gastric pyloric obstruction secondary to Sarcina ventriculi. [PDF]

J Surg Case Rep, 2023
Sarcina ventriculi is an anaerobic gram-positive bacterium capable of surviving in the acidic environment of the stomach and causing gastrointestinal symptoms. We report the case of a 51-year-old patient with no notable medical history who presented with
Deflaoui T, Mabrouk MY, Derkaoui A, Younes S, Akil Y, Amara R, Akouh N, Amal B, Jabi R, Bouziane M.   +9 more
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P-134. Sarcina ventriculi, pathogen or commensal? Case series and review of the literature [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis
Background Sarcina, or Clostridium, ventriculi (SV), is a non-motile, gram-positive coccus with anaerobic fermentative properties. Due to its rarity, comprehensive knowledge about it is lacking.
Zaid Al khouri, Anood Al Qura'an, Satya Koppada, Maryam Mubashir, H. Zia, Paulette Pinargote, Wilmer Salazar   +6 more
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Sarcina Ventriculi of Gastrointestinal Tract

Tropical Gastroenterology, 2021
Background: Sarcina ventriculi, a gram-positive coccus, are occasionally found in gastric biopsies. Although Sarcina had been described more than 150 years ago, little is known about its pathogenicity in humans. Method: This retrospective case series included patients who were ...
Ritesh M Prajapati, Subhash K Nandwani, Mayank V Kabrawala, Nisharg B Patel, Priya V Arora, Krishna K Parekh   +5 more
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Sarcina ventriculi as an Unknown Culprit for Esophageal Stricturing. [PDF]

ACG Case Rep J, 2017
Behzadi J, Modi RM, Goyal K, Chen W, Pfeil S.   +4 more
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Fatal outcome of gastric perforation due to infection with Sarcina spp. A case report

IDCases, 2020
Sarcina ventriculi is an extremely rare pathogen. These gram-positive cocci bacteria are rarely identified in gastric biopsies and usually described in the scientific literature as an incidental finding, particularly in patients with delayed gastric ...
Adrian Dumitru
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