[Small bowel obstruction secondary to massive hookworm infestation complicated by fatal plurimicrobial bacteriemia].

CONCLUSION: We report a case of acute surgical abdominal presentation with septicemia and refractory shock syndrome due to ileal translocation secondary to massive hookworm infestation. To the best of our knowledge, such a case has not yet been reported. PMID: 26971967 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Revue de Medecine Interne - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Rev Med Interne Source Type: research