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Phlegmonous gastritis andHemophilus influenzae peritonitis in a patient with alcoholic liver disease

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A patient with alcoholic liver disease and ascites hadHaemophilus influenzae peritonitis and died in spite of vigorous antibiotic therapy. At autopsy, a phlegmonous gastritis was found as a likely cause of the peritonitis. Phlegmonous gastritis is an uncommon cause of unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms in alcoholics and in the elderly, and it may be pathogenetic in rare patients with bacterial peritonitis of unclear source.

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  1. University of California, Davis

    Lawrence M. Tierney Jr MD, Gretchen Gooding MD, Kent Bottles MD, Carolyn K. Montgomery MD & Faith T. Fitzgerald MD

  2. The University of California, San Francisco

    Lawrence M. Tierney Jr MD, Gretchen Gooding MD, Kent Bottles MD, Carolyn K. Montgomery MD & Faith T. Fitzgerald MD

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Tierney, L.M., Gooding, G., Bottles, K. et al. Phlegmonous gastritis andHemophilus influenzae peritonitis in a patient with alcoholic liver disease. Digest Dis Sci 32, 97–101 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01296694

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