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

Case 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, Rebecca Brauch, Kartikeya Cherabuddi   +2 more
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Case Report: Toxic megacolon secondary to chronic constipation and cocaine consumption

Frontiers in Surgery
Toxic megacolon (TM) is a severe condition characterized by acute colonic dilation, with specific radiological and clinical signs. The multifactorial etiology of TM is primarily associated with inflammatory bowel disease and infections.
Bertha Dimas, Guillermo Hernández, Ivonne Peralta, Ansony Godinez, Gabriela Gutierrez, Fernando Cruz   +5 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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A severe Clostridioides difficile ribotype 027 infection in Beijing, China, July 2024

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Clostridioides difficile ribotype (RT) 027 is particularly virulent, capable of causing severe conditions such as ileus, toxic megacolon, hypotension, or shock. Outbreaks of RT027 C.
Xinfei Chen, Yang Chen, Han Zhang, Wen Shi, Houpeng Wong, Jin Li, Ziyue Zhou, Feiyi Liu, Yiying Zhao, Yingchun Xu, Meng Xiao   +10 more
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Management of Toxic Megacolon

International Journal of Clinical Practice, 1982
M J, Chare, D A, Aubrey
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Fulminant amoebic colitis following loperamide use.

, 2007
Toxic megacolon is a rare consequence of infection with Entamoeba histolytica. We present such a patient in whom the course of disease may have been influenced by heavy loperamide use.
McGregor, Alastair, Thway, Khin, Wright, Stephen G, Brown, Michael   +3 more
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Toxic megacolon as a rare complication following atropine therapy due to organophosphate poisoning: A case report [PDF]

The main therapeutic basis for a case of organophosphate poisoning is a combination therapy which includes atropine as an anticholinergic drug and pralidoxime.
نیکخواه, فرحناز, مصطفی زاده, بابک, فرزانه, اسماعیل, پاییزی, مریم   +3 more
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[Toxic megacolon].

Acta chirurgica Iugoslavica, 2000
Toxic megacolon is a serious complication of inflammatory bowel disease, thus its prevention should be performed thoroughly. In patients with severe colitis refractory to maximal oral and topical therapy or who presents with toxicity, intravenous steroids are obligatory.
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MEGACOLON IN A 3-YEAR-OLD CAT

, 2018
A 3-year-old male castrated domestic longhair cat presented to Cornell University Hospital for Animals’ Soft Tissue Surgery Service for evaluation of megacolon.
Jin, Angela
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