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Pseudomembranosa colitis: apropos of a case

Archivo Médico de Camagüey, 2019
Background: pseudomembranous colitis is a disease caused by Clostridium difficile in recent times has attracted the attention of the medical community, due to an increase in the incidence in health institutions, as well as in the community, motivated by ...
Kiopper Tartabull-Poutriel, Yudenia Toledo-Cabarcos, Elizabeth Nicolau-Pestana   +2 more
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Clinical and Economic Insights Into Surgery for Colonic Diverticular Perforation: A Long‐Term Observational Cohort Study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, Volume 9, Issue 5, Page 1036-1046, September 2025.
The sigmoid colon was the most common perforation site among patients with colonic diverticular perforation. The patients' conditions, length of hospital stay, and hospitalization cost were significantly worse in left‐sided colon diverticular perforation than in right‐sided colon diverticular perforation. The clinical characteristics differed according
Minoru Fujita, Noriaki Manabe, Munenori Takaoka, Masaharu Higashida, Hideo Matsumoto, Atsushi Urakami, Tomoki Yamatsuji, Tomio Ueno, Jiro Hata, Ken Haruma, Collaborators, Hisako Kubota, Jiro Hayashi, Masaki Matsubara, Takako Konishi, Emiko Bukeo, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Jun Nakamura, Mitsuhiko Suehiro, Maki Ayaki, Takahisa Murao, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Takashi Akiyama, Katsuya Kato, Hirofumi Kawamoto, Tomoari Kamada, Akiko Shiotani, Minoru Haisa, Yoshio Naomoto, Toshihiro Hirai   +29 more
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Low‐Dose Hydrocortisone in Cirrhotic Patients With Septic Shock: A Double‐Blind Randomised Placebo‐Controlled Trial

Liver International, Volume 45, Issue 9, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Steroid supplementation remains controversial in septic shock, partly due to the heterogeneity of the populations studied. Cirrhotic patients with sepsis frequently develop relative adrenal insufficiency, showing poor response to vasopressors and poor prognosis.
Philippe Meersseman, María Hernández‐Tejero, Juan Manuel Diaz, Joost Wauters, Greet Hermans, Fátima Aziz, Helga Ceunen, Veronica Prado, Lies Langouche, Mireya Arteaga, Juan Acevedo, Marc Lleixa, Juliana Zapatero, David Toapanta, Vicente Arroyo, Alexander Wilmer, Javier Fernandez   +16 more
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Advancements in Immunomodulatory Therapies for IBD and Their Interplay With the Gut–Brain Axis: An Updated Review of Current Literature and Beyond

Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), characterized by chronic gastrointestinal inflammation, has significantly increased over the last two decades. Concurrently, advancements in treatment strategies have accelerated, aiming not only to induce but also to maintain remission.
Mayank Jha, Aiman Waheed, Jubran Al Hooti, Shreya Nair, Ali Najam, Madho Mal, Nayanika Tummala, Abdul Sattar Shariq, Abu Hurairah, Michael Daniel   +9 more
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Microbiota–Host Interactions: Exploring Their Dynamics and Contributions to Human Diseases

MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 14, Issue 4, August 2025.
Bacterial dysbiosis results from microbiota imbalances, diet, lifestyle, and other factors that lead to conditions such as IBS, IBD, acne, dermatitis, and dental diseases. The current therapeutic approaches include probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, microbiota transplantation, and phage therapy.
Siau Wui Chin, Zheng Yao Low, Wei Qi Tan, Adzzie Shazleen Azman   +3 more
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome and Clostridium difficile colitis [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2012
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) can be associated with different infectious etiologies, but the relationship between pseudomembranous colitis and HUS was first described in the 1970s in some childhood patients.
Maryam Keshtkar-Jahromi, Mahsa Mohebtash
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Cold Plasma‐Mediated Inactivation of Spore‐Forming Microorganisms: Mechanisms, Quality Attributes, and Efficiency Parameters

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2025.
This review seeks to systematically assess the efficacy of cold plasma treatment in spore inactivation, elucidating its operational mechanisms through a comprehensive analysis of scientific literature that investigates the impact of various influencing factors.
Shiva Ezzati, Hossein Ahangari, Mohadeseh Mohammadian, Ali Khoshkalampour, Ehsan Moghaddas Kia, Zahra Ghasempour   +5 more
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Pseudomembranous colitis: fatal clostridium difficile infection in pregnancy

Asian Journal of Internal Medicine
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a disease primarily affecting the large intestine, characterised by diarrhoea, abdominal pain and fever due to enterotoxins.
I. Jenosha, G. Selvaratnam, J. A. Pradeepan, T. Kumanan, S. Pranavan   +4 more
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Pseudomembranous colitis complicated with toxic megacolon after occlusion of preventive stoma

Тазовая хирургия и онкология, 2016
Toxic megacolon complicating pseudomembranous colitis is a very rare condition that confirms by a few reports. In our case report probably described a case after extraperitoneal preventive colostomy closure toxic megacolon was developed with fatal final.
P. V. Melnikov,, E. V. Yakovleva, S. V. Savenkov, D. V. Eresko   +3 more
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Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Hospitalized Adults Aged ≤ 45 Years With Clostridioides (Formerly Clostridium) difficile Infection: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study From Hungary

APMIS, Volume 133, Issue 5, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Studies focusing on young adults with Clostridiodes (formerly Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI) are scarce. Our objective was to assess characteristics and outcomes of CDI among hospitalized young adults between the ages of 18–45 years at diagnosis, compared to a subcohort of randomly selected older patients aged > 45 years.
Borisz Rabán Petrik, Bálint Gergely Szabó, Boglárka Laky, Bence Marosi, Dorina Korózs, Csaba Lőrinczi, Katalin Fried, Botond Lakatos   +7 more
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