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Infectious disease emergencies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
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Cheng, VCC, Wong, SSY
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Acute primary abdominal compartment syndrome due to Clostridium difficile induced toxic megacolon: a case report and review of the literature.

open access: yesAnaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 2019
BACKGROUND Without timely diagnosis, acute primary abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is a potentially fatal syndrome and often goes unrecognized until severe symptoms appear. Early diagnosis may significantly improve the prognosis of these patients.
Tom Carmeliet   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does Whipworm Increase the Pathogenicity of Campylobacter jejuni? A Clinical Correlate of an Experimental Observation

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2004
Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of acute diarrhea worldwide, usually mild and self-limiting. No adequate hypothesis has yet been formulated to explain why in an otherwise healthy host this infection is occasionally severe.
Jennifer L Shin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An unusual case of an ulcerative colitis flare resulting in disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and a bladder hematoma: a case report

open access: yesBMC Gastroenterology, 2004
Background Disorders of coagulation have long been associated with inflammatory bowel disease. Children, as well as adults, with both active and inactive ulcerative colitis have been found to have abnormal coagulation and fibrinolysis.
Christie Dennis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Successful Treatment of Clostridium difficile Bacteremia with Aortic Mycotic Aneurysm in a Patient with Prior Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair

open access: yesCase Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2017
The clinical spectrum of Clostridium difficile infection can range from benign gastrointestinal colonization to mild diarrhea and life threatening conditions such as pseudomembranous colitis and toxic megacolon.
Kairav Shah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Combination of oral vancomycin and intra-colonic vancomycin: Successful treatment of complicated pseudomembranous colitis in a child patient

open access: yesSAGE 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
doaj   +1 more source

Rescue of fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection in a hemodialysis patient: a case report

open access: yesRenal 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   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of wild animals as a reservoir of zoonotic agents : clostridium difficile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
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Albamonte Rodríguez, Andreu   +1 more
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Characterization of Clostridium difficile 027 strains from an outbreak in a Portuguese hospital [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +6 more
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