Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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Lianwen Yuan

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• Research Article
  Clinical Features of Fungal Peritonitis with Candida Albicans Infection after Gastric and Duodenal Perforation
  Author(s): Junkun Zhan, Guoshun Shu, Lianwen Yuan, Jianping Zhu and Biao Xie Junkun Zhan, Guoshun Shu, Lianwen Yuan, Jianping Zhu and Biao Xie
  
  Background: Acute fungal peritonitis due to gastric and duodenal perforation has been rarely reported. Methods: In this study, we retrospectively analyzed 15 cases with acute fungal peritonitis infected with Candida after gastric and duodenal perforation. Results: Gastric ulcer perforation was diagnosed in 5 cases and perforation of the duodenum was diagnosed in 10 cases. The medical background of patients included tuberculosis (TB) and long-term anti-TB therapy (5 cases), hypertension (4 cases), Type 2 diabetes (3 cases), rheumatoid arthritis (3 cases), hypoproteinemia (5 cases), and moderate anemia (7 cases). Two patients had a long-term history of drug abuse. All patients underwent surgery to repair the hole and suture the omentum over the perforation. All fungal peritonitis cases were caused by Candida, including C. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7548.1000264

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