Abstract | BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: METHODS: The Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program Database was reviewed for patients presenting with abdominal pain or typhlitis. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
Abdominal pain is a common symptom after bone marrow transplant; however, typhlitis is relatively rare, and surgical intervention was not required in this series. Broad-spectrum (including fungal) antibiotic therapy appears to be an effective treatment for typhlitis in this patient population.
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Authors | A Al Otaibi, C Barker, R Anderson, D L Sigalet |
Journal | Journal of pediatric surgery
(J Pediatr Surg)
Vol. 37
Issue 5
Pg. 770-2
(May 2002)
ISSN: 1531-5037 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 11987097
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright 2002, Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Abdominal Pain
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
(adverse effects)
- Child
- Clostridioides difficile
(isolation & purification)
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Enterocolitis
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Feces
(microbiology)
- Female
- Humans
- Leukocyte Count
- Male
- Neutropenia
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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