• Patients may present with an acute or insidious onset of symptoms, limited and mild disease, or systemic and severe disease with septic shock. (medscape.com)
  • The type and extent of surgery depends on the underlying disease process and the severity of intra-abdominal infection. (medscape.com)
  • Clinical manifestations include truncal obesity with thin extremities, thinning of the skin, osteoporosis, and a tendency to bruise easily. (nih.gov)