Publications by authors named "Yoshitake Endo"

Article Synopsis
  • Systemic SDSE infections can lead to septic shock with a high mortality rate of 44%, as described in a case involving a 78-year-old man who exhibited severe symptoms.
  • The patient presented with fever, chills, and signs of shock, and diagnostic imaging revealed bowel issues, including thickening and active bleeding in the colon.
  • A rapid surgical intervention (Hartmann procedure) successfully addressed the patient's condition, confirming the presence of SDSE in the intestinal tissue, marking it as the first documented case of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome from an intestinal infection.
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Our patient was a 58-year-old man who was diagnosed with a large bowel obstruction caused by ascending colon cancer, together with multiple liver metastases for which a right hemicolectomy was performed. After the operation, he developed disseminated intravascular coagulation(DIC)and severe anemia. Bone marrow biopsy findings led to a diagnosis of disseminated carcinomatosis of the bone marrow caused by colon cancer.

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