Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2021 Anti-tubercular therapy (ATT) drugs are the mainstay of management of tuberculosis worldwide. These medicines are used extensively across the globe in treating tubercular infections of any organ.
Simarjit S Rehsi +6 more
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A Rare Case of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Enterocolitis Treated With Oral Vancomycin. [PDF]
Cureus, 2021 Historically, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was thought to be the primary pathogen in pseudomembranous enterocolitis associated with antibiotic use or recent abdominal surgery; however, Clostridioides difficile was later identified ...
Tagliaferri AR +4 more
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Neutropenic Enterocolitis in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia. [PDF]
Cureus, 2022 Neutropenic enterocolitis (NE) is a medical emergency that occurs in neutropenic patients characterized by diffuse circumferential mural thickening predominantly involving the cecum. It is not easily differentiated from various other abdominal conditions
Becker EC, Tafader A, Bath RK.
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Localized pseudomembranous gastritis associated with hepatic cirrhosis and portal hypertensive gastropathy: a case report. [PDF]
J Surg Case RepPseudomembranes in the large and small intestines are common in hospitalized patients that are immunosuppressed or on certain oral antibiotics. Pseudomembranous enterocolitis, histologically characterized by volcanic-like eruption of inflammatory ...
Tran P, Sai P R, Prasad C, Parsa C.
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Clostridioides difficile infection in infants: a case report and literature review [PDF]
Gut Pathogens, 2023 Background Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is the major pathogen causing antibiotic-associated diarrhea. There are a variety of symptoms associated with C.
Zhirong Li +12 more
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The role of surgery in pseudomembranous enterocolitis [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1998 Summary Pseudomembranous enterocolitis is an inflammatory bowel disorder caused by Clostridium difficile toxins. Classical presentation includes abdominal pain, pyrexia, diarrhoea and leucocytes. The management is mainly conservative but in extreme cases surgery is necessary.
C. D. M. Griffiths, Y. K. S. Viswanath
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JAK Inhibitor Upadacitinib Induces Remission in Refractory Immune-Related Colitis Triggered by CTLA-4 and PD-1 Inhibitor Combination Therapy in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Case Report. [PDF]
Cancer Rep (Hoboken)ABSTRACT Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors have demonstrated efficacy against various cancers; however, there is a rising incidence of immune‐related colitis. Some cases of immune‐related colitis prove resistant to treatment, even with the administration of glucocorticoids or infliximab, and there is currently no established standard treatment ...
Kono M +10 more
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An epidemiological surveillance study (2021–2022): detection of a high diversity of Clostridioides difficile isolates in one tertiary hospital in Chongqing, Southwest China [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 Background Clostridioides difficile is a bacterium that causes antibiotic-associated infectious diarrhea and pseudomembranous enterocolitis. The impact of C. difficile infection (CDI) in China has gained significant attention in recent years.
Yihong Cui +12 more
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Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis in Childhood
Gastroenterology, 1977 Pseudomembranous enterocolitis is reported in five children. The clinical syndrome, characterized by the acute onset of profuse diarrhea, occurred postoperatively in 2 patients. All the patients had received or were taking antibiotics (penicillin, ampicillin, clindamycin). The disease was severe in 4 persons who presented with hypoproteinemia.
Andrée Weber +3 more
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The Spectrum of Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis and Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea [PDF]
Archives of Internal Medicine, 2002 Pseudomembranous (entero)colitis is primarily caused by Clostridium difficile infection. The most common predisposing factor is prior use of antibiotics, including vancomycin and metronidazole, which themselves are therapy for C difficile colitis. Other risk factors have also been described.
Cuong C. Nguyen, Brian W. Hurley
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