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Gut and Liver, 2015 Toxic megacolon is a rare clinical complication of fulminant Clostridium difficile infection. The mortality rate of fulminant C. difficile infection is reported to be as high as 50%.
T. Gweon +9 more
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Management of Severe Colitis and Toxic Megacolon
Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2023 Severe colitis is a well-defined condition encompassing several etiologies but is most often caused by severe ulcerative colitis or Clostridioides difficile infection.
Marjorie R. Liggett, Hasan B. Alam
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Idiopathic Megacolon—Short Review
Diagnostics, 2021 Introduction: Idiopathic megacolon (IM) is a rare condition with a more or less known etiology, which involves management challenges, especially therapeutic, and both gastroenterology and surgery services.
A. Constantin +4 more
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Journal of Immunological Research, 2021 The association between inflammatory processes and intestinal neuronal destruction during the progression of Chagasic megacolon is well established. However, many other components play essential roles, both in the long-term progression and control of the
J. R. do Carmo Neto +9 more
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Toxic Megacolon: Background, Pathophysiology, Management Challenges and Solutions
Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology, 2020 Toxic megacolon (TM) is one of the fatal complications of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or any infectious etiology of the colon that is characterized by total or partial nonobstructive colonic dilatation and systemic toxicity.
Jiten Desai +3 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]
Surgery Case Reports, 2016 A 67-year-old man was diagnosed with rectal cancer. The tumor invaded the subserosal layer, but it was not large, and there was no sign of obstruction. Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy reduced the size of the tumor.
M. Sugiyama +9 more
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World Journal of Clinical Cases, 2020 BACKGROUND Cytomegalovirus (CMV) enterocolitis presenting in the form of pancolitis or involving the small and large intestines in an immunocompetent patient is rarely encountered, and CMV enterocolitis presenting with a serious complication, such as ...
Joon Hyun Cho, J. Choi
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Clostridium difficile colitis in patients after kidney and pancreas-kidney transplantation [PDF]
, 2004 Limited data exist about Clostridium difficile colitis (CDC) in solid organ transplant patients. Between 1/1/99 and 12/31/02, 600 kidney and 102 pancreas–kidney allograft recipients were transplanted.
Basu, A +8 more
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Incidence and Outcomes Associated With Clostridium difficile Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2020 Importance: An understanding of the incidence and outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in the United States can inform investments in prevention and treatment interventions.
Balkenende, Erin +15 more
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Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2008 BACKGROUND: Rectoanal inhibitory reflex is not always evident in patients with chagasic megacolon. This may be due to insufficient volumes of air used during insufflation for the manometric examination.
Simone Cavenaghi +5 more
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