| Literature DB >> 26192291 |
Alberto Di Leo1, Rosanna Busetti2, Teresa Pusiol3, Francesco Piscioli3, Ilaria Franceschetti3, Francesco Ricci4.
Abstract
We describe a very rare case of chronic peritonitis with secondary adhesive intestinal obstruction caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis in a healthy 28-year-old Chinese man. This bacillus has not been described as a cause of spontaneous peritonitis in healthy people. It was an asymptomatic, generalized, and slow-growing peritonitis causing peritoneal adherens and at the end intestinal occlusion that needed surgical adhesiolysis.Entities:
Keywords: Adhesive obstruction; Chronic peritonitis; Sphingomonas paucimobilis
Year: 2009 PMID: 26192291 DOI: 10.1007/s12328-009-0066-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin J Gastroenterol ISSN: 1865-7265