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Two Patients with Fulminant Clostridium difficile Enteritis Who Had Not Undergone Total Colectomy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature
Joint Authors
Beal, Eliza W.
Bass, Rosara
Harzman, Alan E.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-11-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of healthcare associated infectious diarrhea, and its most common clinical manifestation is pseudomembranous colitis.
Small bowel enteritis is reported infrequently in the literature and typically occurs only in patients who have undergone ileal pouch anastomosis due to inflammatory bowel disease or total abdominal colectomy for other reasons.
Presentation of Cases.
We report here two cases in which patients developed small bowel C.
difficile enteritis in the absence of these underlying conditions.
Discussion.
Neither patient had underlying inflammatory bowel disease and both had a significant amount of colon remaining.
Conclusion.
These two cases demonstrate that small bowel C.
difficile enteritis should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients on antibiotic therapy who demonstrate signs and symptoms of worsening abdominal disease during their postoperative course, even if they lack the major predisposing factors of inflammatory bowel disease or history of total colectomy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Beal, Eliza W.& Bass, Rosara& Harzman, Alan E.. 2015. Two Patients with Fulminant Clostridium difficile Enteritis Who Had Not Undergone Total Colectomy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Surgery،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1060174
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Beal, Eliza W.…[et al.]. Two Patients with Fulminant Clostridium difficile Enteritis Who Had Not Undergone Total Colectomy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Surgery No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1060174
American Medical Association (AMA)
Beal, Eliza W.& Bass, Rosara& Harzman, Alan E.. Two Patients with Fulminant Clostridium difficile Enteritis Who Had Not Undergone Total Colectomy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Surgery. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1060174
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1060174