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Query: UMLS:C0085693 (
acute appendicitis
)
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The authors describe three cases of perityphlitis secondary to
Chlamydia trachomatis infection
and revealed at laparotomy. Clinically, the symptoms invariably mimicked
acute appendicitis
. The pathogen was identified by a direct immunofluorescent assay with specific monoclonal antibodies (Microtrak). Prompt cure was achieved by doxycycline therapy. Thus, peroperatively, the discovery of an isolated perityphlitis with a normal appendix should raise the possibility of a C. trachomatis infection, even if there is no salpingitis.
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PMID:[Chlamydia trachomatis perityphlitis, an anatomo-clinical entity? Study of 3 cases]. 358 89
