Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that may involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract with a variety of extraintestinal features. A flare of Crohn’s disease may present as partial small bowel obstruction or peritonitis. Dehydration, infectious agents, and cigarette smoking are some of the factors linked to a relapse of Crohn’s disease. Plesimonas Shigelloides, a bacterium that belongs to the enterobacteriaceae group may rarely lead to a flare of Crohn’s disease. We describe the case of a 31-year-old male with Crohn’s disease who developed a flare triggered by Plesimonas Shigelloides infection presenting as partial small bowel obstruction with ileal narrowing, and regional lymphadenopathy that responded to immunosuppressants.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:asrf-1737 |
| Date | 18 March 2021 |
| Creators | Bhattad, Pradnya Brijmohan, Ibrahim, MohD, Sheikh, Omer, Das, Debalina |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | Appalachian Student Research Forum |
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