Year 2019 / Volume 111 / Number 2
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Perforated emphysematous cholecystitis and Streptococcus bovis

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2018.5826/2018

Ismael Mora-Guzmán, Elena Martín-Pérez,

Abstract
Streptococcus bovis is an uncommon cause of biliary tract infection, being acute cholecystitis including this microorganism extremely rare. This entity is more frequent in older patients with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hepatitis, or neoplasms as colon cancer.
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Publication history

Received: 12/07/2018

Accepted: 22/07/2018

Online First: 13/11/2018

Published: 01/02/2019

Article Online First time: 124 days

Article editing time: 204 days


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