Dengue fever is the most important arbovirus illness with an estimated incidence of 50-100 million cases per year. The common symptoms of dengue include fever, rash, malaise, nausea, vomiting, and musculoskeletal pain. Dengue fever may present as acute abdomen leading to diagnostic dilemma. The acute surgical complications of dengue fever include acute pancreatitis, acute acalculous cholecystit...

Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is a rare complication of infectious mononucleosis (IM). An immunocompetent 6-year-old Japanese girl complained of epigastralgia during the course of IM. Ultrasonography (US) revealed a markedly thickened and sonolucent gallbladder wall. No gallstones were apparent. Antibodies against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) confirmed primary EBV infection. Cytomegalovirus ...

Spontaneous gallbladder perforation (SGP) is a rare but fatal complication usually associated with acute calculus cholecystitis. Mostly seen in adult patient and rarely reported in children. We report a rare case of aculcoulus gallbladder perforation in a 15 years old child post kidney transplant managed by percutaneous cholecystostomy tube drainage.

Emphysematous cholecystitis is an uncommon complication of calculous cholecystitis due to secondary infection of gallbladder wall with gas-forming enteric organisms. It carries high morbidity and mortality to the patients and a rapid and early diagnosis is essential in patient’s clinical outcomes. Ultrasonography is usually the first and foremost test performed in cases of suspected biliary dis...

Lactococcus garvieae, which is generally known as a marine and freshwater fish pathogen, is now considered to be an emerging zoonotic pathogen in both human and veterinary medicine. In recent years, we have reported the infection of L. garvieae LG-ilsanpaik-gs201105 in the gallbladder of an old fisherman. In this study, we present the draft genome sequence of L. garvieae LG-ilsanpaik-gs201105, ...

INTRODUCTION Epithelial corrective and destructive mechanisms have not been studied in inflammatory gallbladder disease. METHODS Epithelial apoptosis, cell proliferation and expression of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1alpha were compared in gallbladders from patients with acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC; n = 30) and acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC; n = 21), and from patients undergoi...

Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is an inflammation of the gallbladder in the absence of demonstrated stones. AAC is frequently associated with severe systemic inflammation. However, the exact etiology and pathogenesis of AAC still remain unclear. Acute infection with Epstein Barr virus (EBV) in childhood is usually aymptomatic, whereas it often presents as typical infectious mononucleosis ...

*Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Klong luang District, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand. **Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn Hospital, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. Received for publication: June 22, 2005. Reprint request: Ratha-Korn Vilaichone, M.D., Ph.D., Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospita...