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Difficulties in diagnosing antibiotic-associated diarrhea using a clinical case example
Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2023 Aim. To identify challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of a patient with intestinal damage due to long-term use of antibiotics. Material and methods. The case of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in a 65-year-old patient is described and analyzed.
V. I. Kryvenko +4 more
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Sulphasalazine-Induced Pseudomembranous Colitis
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1991 An 18-year-old female with ankylosing spondylitis developed fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea on two occasions after starting sulphasalazine therapy. Flexible sigmoidoscopy revealed pseudomembranous colitis; fecal cultures were positive for Clostridium ...
Hugh J Freeman +3 more
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Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2010 A 67-year-old man with a history of low anterior resection and diverting loop transverse colostomy for rectal carcinoma developed fulminant pseudomembranous colitis after stoma closure. Oral administration of vancomycin at 0.5 g every 6 h and colonoscopy
Yozo Suzuki +5 more
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Colitis Caused by Escherichia Coli 01587:H7: A Study of Six Cases
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1990 The clinical and pathologic features of six patients with proven verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli colitis are described. Clinical data, 25 biopsy specimens and two autopsies from these patients are reviewed.
LB Eidus +4 more
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Benign signet ring cells in pseudomembranous colitis: A diagnostic trap
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2013 A 71-year-old female patient was admitted with intractable diarrhea and abdominal distention following several courses of broad spectrum antibiotic therapy. Colonic biopsy revealed pseudomembranous colitis with foci of signet ring cell (SRC) change.
Sunitha Jacob, Najah R Zayyani
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Successful Experience of Fecal Transplantation in a Patient with Severe Pseudomembranous Colitis
Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2021 Introduction. At the present time there is increase the number of patients diagnosed with pseudomembranous colitis due to Clostridiodes difficile, respectively it significantly increases the frequency of hospitalizations, the length of hospital stay and ...
L. R. Shedoeva +2 more
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Gastroenterology Insights, 2016 Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a hypersensitivity reaction with rash, fever and multiorgan dysfunction potentially lethal in up to 10% of cases.
Manuel Soria Orozco +5 more
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Clostridium Difficile-associated diarrhea: A mini-review
Medical Journal of Babylon, 2020 The most common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in hospitals and other health-care facilities is Clostridium difficile which is also cause of significant concern because of the increasing morbidity and mortality rates as well as increased health ...
Inas Ahmed Saeed, Jawad R Al-Zaidi
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Synchronous Occurrence of Collagenous and Pseudomembranous Colitis
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2000 Synchronous collagenous and pseudomembranous colitis has not been previously reported. A 73-year-old woman presented with chronic watery diarrhea and abdominal cramping of six weeks’ duration.
Z Vesoulis, G Lozanski, T Loiudice
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Microbiology and Immunology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The extensive and indiscriminate use of antibiotics, which are intended to halt bacterial growth or eliminate them, has unintentionally given rise to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which is a critical threat to global health. In the pursuit of alternative solutions, researchers have focused on type II toxin–antitoxin systems prevalent within ...
Hana Hasegawa +6 more
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