Neutropenic enterocolitis

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Inflammation of right-sided colon in the context of febrile neutropenia

Background

Microbiology

Includes gut anaerobes

Clinical Manifestations

Fever, abdominal pain, and right lower quadrant tenderness with or without peritonitis in the context of febrile neutropenia
May mimic appendicitis

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