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1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online) |
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This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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© The Author(s) 2015. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
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http://www.wjgnet.com |
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
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Case Report |
| Article Title |
Characteristic clinical features of Aspergillus appendicitis: Case report and literature review
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Unsolicited Manuscript |
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Mihajlo Gjeorgjievski, Mitual B Amin and Mitchell S Cappell |
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| Corresponding Author |
Mitchell S Cappell, MD, PhD, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, William Beaumont Hospital, MOB #602, 3535 West Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, Mi 48073, United States. mscappell@yahoo.com
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| Key Words |
Aspergillosis; Aspergillus appendicitis; Fungal appendicitis; Appendicitis; Neutropenia; Chemotherapy; Acute myelocytic leukemia |
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This work reports the fourth reported case of isolated Aspergillus appendicitis, further characterizes this syndrome, and identifies a clinical pentad associated with this syndrome: clinically-suspected appendicitis, neutropenia, recent chemotherapy, acute leukemia, and poor clinical course if treated solely with antibacterial or anti-Candidial antibiotics. These risk factors are biologically reasonable. Immunosuppression from neutropenia and acute leukemia may promote Aspergillus appendicitis. Local gastrointestinal ulcers from recent chemotherapy provides a nidus for fungal colonization. In patients presenting with this proposed pentad, Aspergillus appendicitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis, special silver stains should be performed to evaluate for this infection, and empiric anti-Aspergillus therapy may be considered pending tissue diagnosis.
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| Publish Date |
2015-11-27 14:01 |
| Citation |
Gjeorgjievski M, Amin MB, Cappell MS. Characteristic clinical features of Aspergillus appendicitis: Case report and literature review. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(44): 12713-12721 |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i44/12713.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i44.12713 |
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