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• TITLE: Isolated Acute Rheumatic Pancreatitis—A Case Report

  AUTHORS: Ramachandran Muthiah

  KEYWORDS: Acute Abdomen, Pancreatitis, ASO Titer, Elevated Pancreatic Enzymes, Antibiotics

  JOURNAL NAME: Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, Vol.10 No.2, February 26, 2021

  ABSTRACT: Aim: To emphasize the role of antibiotics in acute pancreatitis as prophylactic and therapeutic benefits. Case Report: A 32-year-old obese male was admitted with acute abdomen in the emergency room. He was supported with intravenous fluids and the blood chemistry revealed elevated amylase and lipase levels, raised ESR and a positive ASO titer test. CT abdomen suggested interstitial edematous pancreatitis (IEP) and no fluid collection. Patient was treated with IV cefotaxime and IV metronidazole, his condition remarkably improved with therapy, blood parameters returned normal at the end of 4 weeks, and follow-up CT revealed no abnormal findings and symptom free thereafter. Conclusion: Acute pancreatitis is usually a sterile inflammatory process caused by chemical autodigestion of pancreas. The edematous form of acute pancreatitis needs to correct its etiological factor to avoid recurrence. It is observed as an initial manifestation of group A beta hemolytic streptococcal infection in this patient and antibiotics play a role as curative and prophylactic in selected cases.