Acalculous cholecystitis in a patient with Plasmodium falciparum infection after a trip to the Dominican Republic.
Acalculous cholecystitis has been associated with several infectious agents, but its relation with Plasmodium falciparum infection has not been clearly defined. This is the first case of acalculous cholecystitis produced by Plasmodium falciparum infection that is directly documented and should be included among the differential diagnoses of acalculous cholecystitis.
Salinas
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Infectious Diseases Unit, Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital of Albacete, C/Hermanos Falcó, 37, 02006 Albacete, Spain. Asalinasbotran@yahoo.es
Puerta
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Olmedo
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Martínez
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Blanch
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Mateos
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Tárraga
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D042101:Acalculous Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004293:Dominican Republic; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011803:Quinine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014195:Travel; D014463:Ultrasonography
D000962:Antimalarials; D011803:Quinine; D004318:Doxycycline