title: Acute necrotizing gastritis.
abstract: A 17-year-old man presented with signs of peritonitis. Laparotomy revealed gangrene of the stomach without obvious cause. The patient underwent total gastrectomy with esophago-jejunal anastomosis with formation of jejunal pouch. Bacterial culture of the peritoneal fluid grew Strept. pyogenes and E. coli. The patient was discharged on day 21 after a stormy postoperative course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, L T M Medical College and L T M G Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400 022.
authors.forename: Satish B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Dharap
authors.forename: Geeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ghag
authors.forename: Arundhati
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biswas
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005756:Gastritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery