[A case of phlegmonous gastritis which resolved with medical treatment].
A 70-year-old man visited our outpatient clinic with chief complaints of severe upper abdominal pain and fever. Blood tests revealed a markedly enhanced inflammatory reaction. He was hospitalized and diagnosed with phlegmonous gastritis based on findings of esophagogastroduodenoscopy and multidrug-resistant streptococcus detected by gastric juice culture. The clinical symptoms promptly resolved after starting concomitant treatment with vancomycin hydrochloride and levofloxacin. Administration of vancomycin hydrochloride for phlegmonous gastritis was not found in our literature search and the present case is thus considered to provide a valuable example of such use.
Ishigami
Terunobu
T
Department of Gastroenterology, Social Insurance Yokohama Central Hospital.
Fujikawa
Hirotoshi
H
Miyagawa
Masahide
M
Arakawa
Yasuyuki
Y
Abe
Hisako
H
Ryuzaki
Hitomi
H
Matsuoka
Shunichi
S
Moriyama
Mitsuhiko
M
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D064704:Levofloxacin; D008297:Male; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D064704:Levofloxacin; D014640:Vancomycin; D015242:Ofloxacin