title: Acalculous cholecystitis in a patient with Plasmodium falciparum infection: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) can occur without gallstones in critically ill or injured patients and has also been associated with various infectious agents.(1-4) We report here a case of AAC in a patient with Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Infectious Diseases, St-Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jean C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Yombi
authors.forename: Christelle M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Meuris
authors.forename: Alfons M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Van Gompel
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Younes
authors.forename: Bernard C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Vandercam
mesh_terms: D042101:Acalculous Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002163:Cameroon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D014195:Travel