Nasogastric Delivery of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for the Treatment of Fulminant Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Case Report [PDF]
JGH OpenIntroduction Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a significant cause of antibiotic‐associated diarrhea with high morbidity and mortality, particularly in cases of fulminant disease. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has demonstrated efficacy
Amitjeet Singh +3 more
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Úlceras em megacólons chagásicos operados na urgência e eletivamente Ulcerations in Chagas' megacolon operated at urgency and electively [PDF]
Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2006 RACIONAL: O megacólon é uma doença freqüente no nosso meio e abordado na urgência pelas suas complicações como fecalomas, volvos e perfurações. As úlceras de estases nos megacólons contribuem como prováveis sítios de perfurações OBJETIVO: Comparar as ...
Augusto Diogo-Filho +3 more
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Life, 2022 Introduction: This study primarily sought to evaluate the risk factors for toxic megacolon development and treatment outcomes in Clostridium difficile-positive COVID-19 patients, secondarily to determining predictors of survival.
Tomáš Řezáč +5 more
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Toxic megacolon after irrational antibiotic treatment of pregnat patient with Covid 19: Case report [PDF]
Hospital Pharmacology, 2022 Introduction: Optimal management of toxic megacolon as a consequence of Cl. difficile colitis is still matter of controversy, as well as timing of available therapeutic modalities. In this article we report a case of severe C.
Maksić Mladen M. +7 more
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Chagasic megacolon in Venezuela ‒ case report
Journal of Coloproctology, 2020 Chagasic megacolon is the second most frequent cause of manifestation of the digestive forms of Chagas disease (trypanosoma cruzi parasitosis), characterized by progressive pseudo-occlusive symptoms or chronic constipation, caused by an alteration in the
Victoria Dowling Enez +1 more
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Trypanosomiasis-induced megacolon illustrates how myenteric neurons modulate the risk for colon cancer in rats and humans. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 BACKGROUND:Trypanosomiasis induces a remarkable myenteric neuronal degeneration leading to megacolon. Very little is known about the risk for colon cancer in chagasic megacolon patients.
Vinicius Kannen +5 more
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Megacólon tóxico fatal por cytomegalovirus em paciente com retocolite ulcerativa idiopática: relato de caso e revisão de literatura [PDF]
Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2002 Racional - O megacólon tóxico é complicação grave e pouco freqüente na retocolite ulcerativa idiopática. Ocorre, geralmente, em pacientes cuja doença ativa é resistente ao tratamento clínico e, em algumas situações, o fator desencadeante é desconhecido ...
Sérgio Ossamu IOSHII +2 more
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Chagasic megacolon and large bowel neoplasms: case series and literature review
Journal of Coloproctology, 2011 There is a clear association between chagasic megaesophagus and the esophageal cancer. On the other hand, the association between chagasic megacolon and intestinal neoplasm is uncommon. There are only a few cases described in literature.
Maxwel Capsy Boga Ribeiro +6 more
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The Classification and Surgical Treatments in Adult Hirschsprung’s Disease: A Retrospective Study
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 PurposeTo explore the treatments and short-term effects of different types of adult Hirschsprung’s disease.Methods89 patients treated in Shanghai Changhai Hospital were retrospectively analyzed.
Shengzhe Ma +9 more
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Neoplasia at the site of the colostomy of patient with chagasic megacolon: case report [PDF]
, 2011 A neoplasia no sítio da colostomia associada ao megacólon chagásico é uma entidade rara. Os autores relatam caso de um paciente com lesão avançada, o qual foi submetido a tratamento cirúrgico e discutem aspectos relacionados a esta afecção.Neoplasia at ...
BALESTRIM FILHO, Antonio +5 more
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