Oral Pain; Bruising; Poisoning; MS; Foot Odor
Test your skills in this 5-question quiz: Go For The Glory Quiz: Itchy Rash; Helminthiasis; Penile Nodule; Alopecia; Inflammatory Disease
Go-for-the-Glory Quiz: Pruritic Feet; HTN and Sleep; Red Eye; Dysphagia
Skills quiz: Rectus abdominus rupture; IBS; Cholecystitis; Smoking and MS
Skills quiz: Chondrodermatitis nodularis helices; Keratoses; OSA; Parotid swelling and HIV; Limbal flush
Skills Quiz: Celiac Disease; Dysplastic Nevus; MS and Smoking; Giannotti-Crosti; Minocycline discoloration
Emphysematous cholecystitis is a rare condition that is the result of infection with Clostridium perfringens and other gas-producing organisms including Escherichia coli, Bacteroides fragilis, and Klebsiella species.
The patient, a 70-year-old man, has been having difficulty chewing and swallowing has been using his hand to hold his jaw closed while he eats; otherwise, his jaw hangs open. His speech is slightly slurred.
Skills Quiz: Melanoma; Figurate erythema; Necrobiosis lipoidica
In addition to lifestyle changes, how would you treat this patient?