Acalculous cholecystitis in a patient with Plasmodium falciparum infection: a case report and literature review.
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.
Yombi
Jean C
JC
Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Infectious Diseases, St-Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
Meuris
Christelle M
CM
Van Gompel
Alfons M
AM
Ben Younes
Myriam
M
Vandercam
Bernard C
BC
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