Gastroenteritis causing critical limb ischaemia.

N Mamode; K Mercer; D G Gilmour

PubMed · 9015921

Gastroenteritis causing critical limb ischaemia.

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Six days after admission to hospital with Salmonella gastroenteritis, this patient presented with a critically ischaemic leg, having developed an iliac occlusion, and a subcutaneous Salmonella abscess in the anterior compartment of the leg. Critical limb ischaemia and abscess formation can be added to infective aortic aneurysm as vascular complications of Salmonella gastroenteritis.

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Abscess Aged Gastroenteritis Humans Ischemia Leg Male Salmonella Infections Salmonella enteritidis Case Reports Journal Article

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N Mamode, K Mercer, D G Gilmour. Gastroenteritis causing critical limb ischaemia.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9015921/

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