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Toxic megacolon in Clostridium difficile colitis

IDCases, 2023
Sayato Fukui, Atsuko Hojo, Umihiko Sawada, Yoshimasa Kura   +3 more
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Combination of oral vancomycin and intra-colonic vancomycin: Successful treatment of complicated pseudomembranous colitis in a child patient

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019
The Clostridium difficile infection–related disease varies from mild diarrhoea to pseudomembranouscolitis. Although C. difficile infection is commonly considered to be a hospital-acquired infection, a significant number of cases are community acquired ...
Hüseyin Sancar Bozkurt, Banu Kara
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Rescue of fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection in a hemodialysis patient: a case report

Renal Replacement Therapy
Background Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a gastrointestinal condition that arises from the disruption of normal intestinal flora, often caused by antibiotics or antiacids.
Hiroyoshi Yanagisawa, Megumi Oshima, Keisuke Sako, Yoshinori Takahashi, Toshiaki Tokumaru, Kaho Hayashi, Megumi Ikeda, Fumitaka Yamamori, Sho Kajikawa, Daiki Hayashi, Takahiro Yuasa, Keisuke Horikoshi, Shiori Nakagawa, Shinji Kitajima, Tadashi Toyama, Akinori Hara, Norihiko Sakai, Miho Shimizu, Takumi Taniguchi, Takashi Wada, Yasunori Iwata   +20 more
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The role of wild animals as a reservoir of zoonotic agents : clostridium difficile [PDF]

, 2017
PòsterJun
Albamonte Rodríguez, Andreu, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Veterinària   +1 more
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Oncologic Emergencies: Immune-Based Cancer Therapies and Complications [PDF]

, 2020
Cancer therapies have undergone several recent advancements. Current cancer treatments include immune-based therapies comprised of checkpoint inhibitors, and adoptive immunotherapy; each treatment has the potential for complications that differ from ...
Brém, Elizabeth, Koyfman, Alex, Long, Brit Jeffrey   +2 more
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Characterization of Clostridium difficile 027 strains from an outbreak in a Portuguese hospital [PDF]

, 2012
C. difficile infection (CDI) is the cause of an intestinal disease mediated by two potent cytotoxins, TcdA and TcdB. Symptoms of CDI can range from asymptomatic colonization or mild diarrhea, to life-threatening inflammatory lesions such as ...
Antunes, Wilson, Henriques, Adriano O., Oleastro, Mónica, Pereira, Fátima, Rodrigues, João, Santos, Andrea, Serrano, Mónica   +6 more
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TOXIC MEGACOLON AS THE FIRST MANIFESTATION OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS – A CASE REPORT

Slovenska pediatrija
Acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) can be a life-threatening disease if it is not recognised in time. It can lead to complications such as toxic megacolon (TM) and intestinal perforation.
Maksim Bešić, Darja Urlep Žužej
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Toxic megacolon and human Cytomegalovirus in a series of severe ulcerative colitis patients [PDF]

, 2015
Cottone, M., Criscuoli, V., Gallo, E., Orlando, A., Rizzuto, M.   +4 more
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[Toxic megacolon].

Minerva chirurgica, 1976
Reference to the literature dealing with idiopathic rectocolitis and its complications, with particular attention to megacolon, is followed by the presentation of two cases of ulcerous colitis complicated by toxic megacolon and a picture of acute abdomen.
N, Boscaino, P, Gambardella, I, Piscicelli   +2 more
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Induction of potentially lethal hypermagnesemia, ischemic colitis, and toxic megacolon by a preoperative mechanical bowel preparation: report of a case [PDF]

, 2016

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