A Case of Aeromonas <I>Sobria</I> Infection after Laparotomic Cholecystectomy Progressed to Fulminating Sepsis

Aeromonas hydrophila Sepsis Mimicking Vibrio vulnificus Infection

Aeromonas hydrophila is a facultatively anaerobic, asporogenous gram-negative rod that has often been regarded as an opportunistic pathogen in hosts with impairment of a local or general defense mechanism. A 68-year-old alcoholic woman presented with shock and gangrene on the right arm. At first, her clinical presentations were severe painful erythematous swelling that worsened within a few hou...

A case of laparotomic cholecystectomy in a patient with biventricular assist devices

We describe a patient with biventricular assist devices who had systemic inflammation because of cholecystitis that required open cholecystectomy, and we discuss the anesthetics and monitors that should be used in unstable patients with ventricular assist devices (VADs) who are undergoing major surgery. The patient was a 40-year-old man in the dilated phase of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyo...

Chronic colitis after Aeromonas infection.

Three patients with an acute colitis in which the only pathogen detected was either Aeromonas hydrophila or A sobria progressed to a chronic phase after the infection had been eliminated by antibiotic treatment in two and had resolved spontaneously in the third. The final diagnosis in each case was ulcerative colitis. Two of the patients have responded to anti-inflammatory medication but one ha...

Management of Biloma due to Biliary Tract Injury after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a patient with Atypical Anatomy: A Case Report

  Introduction: Biliary tract injury is a major complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomywhich can be very challenging. But, the important part is to know the accurate anatomy of the ducts and site of the injury before any surgical attempt for ligation or repair. In this case a disaster might happ...

Puerperal sepsis leading to bilateral fulminating purulent endophthalmitis with tenonitis.