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Communicating multiple tubular enteric duplication with toxic megacolon in an infant

Medicine, 2021
Rationale: Gastrointestinal tract duplication is a rare congenial anomaly which can be found anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract. While many patients are incidentally diagnosed during operation, in some cases it can present with severe ...
Eunju Jang, J. Chung
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Fatal Toxic Megacolon in a Child of Hirschsprung Disease [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Hirschsprung disease (HD) in late childhood is uncommon and often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. However, in a patient with Hirschsprung disease, of greater significance is the occurrence of life threatening enterocolitis. In its more severe form, this is
Shiwani R Garg, Pragati A Sathe, Annapurna C Taware, Ketaki M Surve   +3 more
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Pseudomembranous colitis complicated by toxic megacolon in oncological patients

Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2023
In recent years, information on the increase in the incidence of  infection associated with Clostridioides difficile (CDI) has appeared in the literature. It is known that C.
D. D. Morikov, V. V. Kartashova, A. V. Shelekhov, N. A. Nikolaeva   +3 more
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Toxic Megacolon as a Complication of Crohns Disease: A Case Report

Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research, 2021
Toxic megacolon is a rare and serious complication of Crohn’s disease. Because of the associated high morbidity and mortality, early recognition and management of toxic megacolon is important. We had a case of Crohns disease presenting as toxic megacolon.
Supriya Verma
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Novel cruzain inhibitors for the treatment of Chagas' disease. [PDF]

, 2012
The protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas' disease, affects millions of individuals and continues to be an important global health concern.
Arkin, Michelle R, Doak, Allison, Durrant, Jacob D, Keränen, Henrik, McCammon, J Andrew, Ratnam, Joseline, Rogers, Kathleen E   +6 more
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HSV1/2 Genital Infection in Mice Cause Reversible Delayed Gastrointestinal Transit: A Model for Enteric Myopathy

Frontiers in Medicine, 2018
In an interesting investigation by Khoury-Hanold et al. (1), genital infection of mice with herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) were reported to cause multiple pelvic organ involvement and obstruction.
Arun Chaudhury, Vijaya Sena Reddy Dendi, Mousumi Chaudhury, Astha Jain, Madhukar Reddy Kasarla, Kiran Panuganti, Gaurav Jain, Abhijit Ramanujam, Bhavin Rena, Sudheer Reddy Koyagura, Sumit Fogla, Sunil Kumar, Nawal Singh Shekhawat, Srinivas Maddur, Srinivas Maddur   +14 more
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Clinical course of severe colitis: a comparison between Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis [PDF]

, 2013
Pochi sono i dati disponibili sul decorso clinico della malattia di Crohn del colon severa(CD). L'obiettivo è quello di descrivere il decorso clinico della colite di Crohn severa (CC) in una coorte di pazienti isolata con CD del colon o ileocolica, e di ...
Modesto, Irene <1978>
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COVID-19 and Fulminant Clostridium difficile Colitis Co-Infection

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021
The development of Clostridium difficile infection in COVID-19 patients is an understudied complication of the disease. Herein, we present the case of a 46-year-old man who developed severe healthcare-associated C.
Abdul Ahad Ehsan Sheikh, Abu Baker Sheikh, Ishan Shah, Ali Hamza Khair, Nismat Javed, Rahul Shekhar   +5 more
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Susceptibility of hamsters to clostridium difficile isolates of differing toxinotype [PDF]

, 2013
Clostridium difficile is the most commonly associated cause of antibiotic associated disease (AAD), which caused ~21,000 cases of AAD in 2011 in the U.K. alone.
A Buckley, Anthony M. Buckley, B Elliott, C Rousseau, C Schwan, D Drudy, D Goulding, D Lyras, Denise Candlish, DM Guerrero, F Miyajima, Gillian R. Douce, H Huang, H Kim, H Kim, I Duerden, I Vesteinsdottir, J Andrews, J Kim, J Ng, J Pépin, J Wang, Janice Spencer, JG Bartlett, JM Lanis, June J. Irvine, JW Marsh, LA Petrella, Lindsay M. Maclellan, LJ Deakin, M Arvand, M He, M Merrigan, M Rupnik, MH Wilcox, MH Wilcox, Michel R. Popoff, MM Nerandzic, MSM Brouwer, N Razaq, N Stoesser, P Vohra, R Stabler, R Stabler, S Kamiya, S Kuehne, SA Villano, SP Sambol, SP Sambol, ST Cartman, TS Steiner, V Braun, V Casas, Y Ogura   +53 more
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Toxic Megacolon and Acute Ischemia of the Colon due to Sigmoid Stenosis Related to Diverticulitis

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2013
We present a rare case of toxic megacolon accompanied by necrosis of the colon due to chronic dilation caused by stenosis of the sigmoid colon as a complication of diverticulitis.
P. Antonopoulos, M. Almyroudi, V. Kolonia, S. Kouris, N. Troumpoukis, N. Economou   +5 more
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