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Phlegmonous gastritis and enterocolitis have been observed in association with alcoholism and hepatic cirrhosis. We report a case of diffuse phlegmonous gastroenterocolitis that occurred 1 yr after the insertion of a peritoneojugular venous shunt (Denver type) in a young male heroin abuser with postnecrotic cirrhosis. Diplococcus pneumoniae was cultured from the occluded distal tip of the shunt and the organism was visualized throughout the inflamed submucosa of the entire gastrointestinal tract. The diagnosis of this condition was not made premortem and the case highlights some of the clinical manifestations of this gastrointestinal disease. The possible pathogenetic mechanisms involved in this inflammatory process are discussed.
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PMID:Diffuse phlegmonous gastroenterocolitis in a patient with an infected peritoneo-jugular venous shunt. 682 32

Phlegmonous gastritis is an acute infection of the stomach wall by pyogenic bacteria. It represents an extremely rare disease with a fulminating course and a high mortality rate. A precise lifetime diagnosis is generally unsuccessful. The inflammation, most often caused by alpha-hemolytic streptococci, is most frequently expressed in patients who are more susceptible to infection. Among these are elderly patients, women, patients with chronic gastritis, chronic peptic ulcer, hepatic cirrhosis and decreased immune tolerance, T-cell leukemia, patients with a low socio-economic status and alcoholics. In our paper we are describing the case of a 66-year old female patient, who had received many years of treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. She died due to phlegmonous gastritis, which was only established post-mortem. The authors share the opinion that the occurrence of the phlegmonous form of gastritis was influenced significantly by the treatment with nonsteroidal antirheumatics and corticosteroids, which she had received for many years and also immediately prior to the complication.
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PMID:Phlegmonous gastritis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. 1598 17