SUPPURATIVE PYLEPHLEBITIS WITH BACTEREMIA IN CHRONIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS
Authors: J FELSEN, W WOLARSKY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Case Reports1 July 1950SUPPURATIVE PYLEPHLEBITIS WITH BACTEREMIA IN CHRONIC ULCERATIVE COLITISJOSEPH FELSEN, M.D., WILLIAM WOLARSKY, M.D.JOSEPH FELSEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM WOLARSKY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-1-211 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSuppurative pylephlebitis with bacteremia complicating chronic ulcerative colitis is rare.1 A review of 783 cases of chronic ulcerative colitis and ileitis under our care failed to reveal this complication in a single instance. Bargen2 reports one case of pylephlebitis among 1333 cases of chronic ulcerative colitis studied over a 10 year period. It occurred after ileostomy. Bockus3 mentions one case without bacteremia occurring two years after ileostomy for chronic ulcerative colitis and quotes a similar report by Elsom and Feder following ileostomy.Intestinal infections are the most frequent precursors of suppurative pylephlebitis (Lichtman4). However, when suppurative appendicitis is removed from...Bibliography1. Felsen J: Bacillary dysentery, colitis and enteritis, 1945, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar2. BargenLansbury JAJ: The association of multiple hepatic abscesses and chronic ulcerative colitis, M. Clin. North Am. 16: 1427, 1933. Google Scholar3. Bockus HL: Gastro-enterology, Vol. III, 1946, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar4. Lichtman SS: Diseases of the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts, 1942, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar5. CrohnSchwartzman BBG: Positive blood cultures in non-specific ulcerative colitis, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 14: 722, 1928-29. Google Scholar6. Libman E: Negative results in blood culture studies, Am. J. M. Sc. 136: 548, 1908. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication March 4, 1948.From the Department of Laboratories and Research, The Bronx Hospital. The authors are indebted to Dr. Harry Wessler, Director of the Medical Service and to Dr. Max Weiss, Attending Physician, for the use of the clinical material in this case. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInferior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis Resulting in Pylephlebitis in a Patient With Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseMultiple Pyogenic Liver Abscesses Caused by Microperforation of an Idiopathic Cecal UlcerLiver abscess in Crohn's diseaseHepatic abscess: Changes in clinical, bacteriologic and therapeutic aspects�ber die Colitis ulcerosaThe Role of Acth and Adrenal Steroids in Perforation of the Colon in Ulcerative Colitis a Clinical-Pathologic StudyPyogenic Liver Abscess: A Review with a Case Report of a Solitary Abscess Caused by Salmonella Enteriditis 1 July 1950Volume 33, Issue 1Page: 211-216KeywordsAppendicitisBacteremiaIleostomyMedical servicesResearch laboratoriesUlcerative colitis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...