A PROPÓSITO DE COMPLICACIONES INFRECUENTES DE ENFERMEDADES COMUNES. SÍNDROME DE EKIRI

A PROPÓSITO DE COMPLICACIONES INFRECUENTES DE ENFERMEDADES COMUNES. SÍNDROME DE EKIRI

Gastrointestinal infection usually manifests with nausea, vomit and abdominal pain, all of them wit course and variable severity. Extrainstestinal compromise is described, even without gastrointestinal symptoms, what causes a delay on diagnosis and treatment, worsening the prognosis. Ekiri syndrome...

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Main Author: Fabio Andrés Varón Vega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Colombiana de Infectología 2021-09-01
Series:Infectio
Subjects:
encefalopatia
escherichia coli
toxina shiga
gastroenteritis
colombia
Online Access:https://www.revistainfectio.org/index.php/infectio/article/view/913
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spelling doaj-08773253c0dc484da2f3948b3b1582172020-11-25T03:54:39ZengAsociación Colombiana de InfectologíaInfectio0123-93922021-09-01251677010.22354/in.v25i1.913A PROPÓSITO DE COMPLICACIONES INFRECUENTES DE ENFERMEDADES COMUNES. SÍNDROME DE EKIRI Fabio Andrés Varón Vega0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-6007Fundación Neumológica Colombiana, Fundación Cardioinfantil, Bogotá, Colombia - Médico internista, intensivista, neumólogo. Gastrointestinal infection usually manifests with nausea, vomit and abdominal pain, all of them wit course and variable severity. Extrainstestinal compromise is described, even without gastrointestinal symptoms, what causes a delay on diagnosis and treatment, worsening the prognosis. Ekiri syndrome, also known as lethal toxic encephalopathy is characterized by an acute neurological dysfunction secondary to enterobacterial infection which favor thrombi development and local inflammation mediated by tumor necrosis factor alpha and IL-1β with blood brain barrier dysfunction and high mortality. As we know, we present the first Ekiri syndrome case reported in Colombia. https://www.revistainfectio.org/index.php/infectio/article/view/913encefalopatiaescherichia colitoxina shigagastroenteritiscolombia
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A PROPÓSITO DE COMPLICACIONES INFRECUENTES DE ENFERMEDADES COMUNES. SÍNDROME DE EKIRI
Infectio
encefalopatia
escherichia coli
toxina shiga
gastroenteritis
colombia
author_facet Fabio Andrés Varón Vega
author_sort Fabio Andrés Varón Vega
title A PROPÓSITO DE COMPLICACIONES INFRECUENTES DE ENFERMEDADES COMUNES. SÍNDROME DE EKIRI
title_short A PROPÓSITO DE COMPLICACIONES INFRECUENTES DE ENFERMEDADES COMUNES. SÍNDROME DE EKIRI
title_full A PROPÓSITO DE COMPLICACIONES INFRECUENTES DE ENFERMEDADES COMUNES. SÍNDROME DE EKIRI
title_fullStr A PROPÓSITO DE COMPLICACIONES INFRECUENTES DE ENFERMEDADES COMUNES. SÍNDROME DE EKIRI
title_full_unstemmed A PROPÓSITO DE COMPLICACIONES INFRECUENTES DE ENFERMEDADES COMUNES. SÍNDROME DE EKIRI
title_sort propósito de complicaciones infrecuentes de enfermedades comunes. síndrome de ekiri
publisher Asociación Colombiana de Infectología
series Infectio
issn 0123-9392
publishDate 2021-09-01
description Gastrointestinal infection usually manifests with nausea, vomit and abdominal pain, all of them wit course and variable severity. Extrainstestinal compromise is described, even without gastrointestinal symptoms, what causes a delay on diagnosis and treatment, worsening the prognosis. Ekiri syndrome, also known as lethal toxic encephalopathy is characterized by an acute neurological dysfunction secondary to enterobacterial infection which favor thrombi development and local inflammation mediated by tumor necrosis factor alpha and IL-1β with blood brain barrier dysfunction and high mortality. As we know, we present the first Ekiri syndrome case reported in Colombia.
topic encefalopatia
escherichia coli
toxina shiga
gastroenteritis
colombia
url https://www.revistainfectio.org/index.php/infectio/article/view/913
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