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Pseudomembranous colitis

Journal of Pathology of Nepal, 2019
Pseudomembranous colitis is an inflammatory condition of the colon that is most often a manifestation of Clostridium difficile infection. If laboratory testing and endoscopic finding for Clostridium difficile infection is negative, then other less common
Devish Pyakurel
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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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Pseudomembranous Colitis in Four Ethiopian Patients: A Case Series [PDF]

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2020
Yohannes Birhanu,1 Wondwossen Amogne,1 Abdulsemed Mohammed,1 Mesfin Asefa,2 Fithanegest Teferra,2 Muhaba Yasin3 1College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2St.
Birhanu Y, Amogne W, Mohammed A, Asefa M, Teferra F, Yasin M   +5 more
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Rectal Prolapse in a Child: An Unusual Presentation of Clostridium difficile–Associated Pseudomembranous Colitis [PDF]

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2011
Pseudomembranous colitis after short-course antibiotics is rare in children. We report a 14-month-old girl who presented with rectal prolapse complicated with Clostridium difficile–associated pseudomembranous colitis after a 4-day course of oral ...
Shu-Ching Huang, Yao-Jong Yang, Chung-Ta Lee   +2 more
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Acute fulminant pseudomembranous colitis which developed after ileostomy closure and required emergent total colectomy: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Pseudomembranous colitis is known to be caused by Clostridium difficile; and, in 3% to 8% of patients, it lapses into an aggressive clinical course that is described as fulminant. We present here a case of extremely rapid and fatal fulminant
Abe Iku, Kawamura Yutaka J, Sasaki Junichi, Konishi Fumio   +3 more
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Stoma-Closure-Induced Fulminant Pseudomembranous Colitis Recovered by Adjunctive Intracolic Vancomycin with Postural Change [PDF]

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, Keiichi Takahashi, Tatsuro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Daisuke Nakano, Koichi Koizumi   +5 more
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Pseudomembranous colitis in a patient with lamotrigine-induced drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome

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, Eduardo Martín Nares, Alvaro López Iñiguez, Sandra Gónzalez Saldaña, Lorena Valerdi Contreras, Jair Abdiel Toro Guerrero   +5 more
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Empirical Meropenem Versus Piperacillin/Tazobactam for Critically Ill Adults With Sepsis: Feasibility of a Randomised Trial. [PDF]

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
ABSTRACT Background Meropenem and piperacillin/tazobactam are commonly used empirical antibiotics in critically ill adults with sepsis, but whether one is superior to the other is uncertain. Methods The Empirical Meropenem versus Piperacillin/Tazobactam for Adult Patients with Sepsis (EMPRESS) trial is an ongoing investigator‐initiated, randomised ...
Meier NF, Møller MH, Kjær MN, Sjövall F, Munch MW, Kaas-Hansen BS, Thorsen-Meyer HC, Rasmussen BS, Helleberg M, Hertz FB, Lange T, Jensen AKG, Andersen LW, Andersen JS, Michelsen J, Andersen LPK, Bestle MH, Brøchner AC, Itenov TS, Christensen S, Plovsing RTR, Koch KU, Møller A, Schjørring OL, Cranø NB, Vamdrup-Andersen K, Placido D, Meyhoff TS, Anthon CT, Tøgern A, Grigonyte-Daraskeviciene M, Engbakken Z, Kamstrup AW, Uhre KR, Barakji JA, Larsen RF, Perner A, Granholm A.   +37 more
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Successful Experience of Fecal Transplantation in a Patient with Severe Pseudomembranous Colitis [PDF]

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, E. Yu. Chashkova, A. S. Rubtsov   +2 more
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Pseudomembranous colitis [PDF]

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Pseudomembranous colitis, also known as a Clostridium difficile colitis is a potentially life-threatening acute infectious colitis.  This colitis results from the effects of toxins produced by the overgrowth of Clostridium difficile ...
Zlatareva, DK, Nedevska, M, Georgieva, SV   +2 more
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