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Does Whipworm Increase the Pathogenicity of Campylobacter jejuni? A Clinical Correlate of an Experimental Observation

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2004
Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of acute diarrhea worldwide, usually mild and self-limiting. No adequate hypothesis has yet been formulated to explain why in an otherwise healthy host this infection is occasionally severe.
Jennifer L Shin, Geoffrey W Gardiner, Wayne Deitel, Gabor Kandel   +3 more
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AIDS related Kaposi's sarcoma presenting as ulcerative colitis and complicated by toxic megacolon

, 1987
Gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma is a well described and usually asymptomatic manifestation of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. We report a patient who had extensive colonic Kaposi's sarcoma and presented with an ulcerative colitis like illness.
Biggs, BA, Thompson, IL, Hardy, KJ, Crowe, SM, Ralston, M, Lucas, CR   +5 more
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Comparative gene expression in toxic versus non-toxic strains of the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum. [PDF]

, 2010
Yang I, John U, Beszteri S, et al. Comparative gene expression in toxic versus non-toxic strains of the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum. BMC Genomics.
Uwe John, Glöckner, Gernot, Allan D Cembella, John, Uwe, Beszteri, Sara, Goesmann, Alexander ; https://orcid.org/, Ines Yang, Gernot Glöckner, Krock, Bernd, Gloeckner, G., Goesmann, A., Sára Beszteri, Cembella, Allan, Yang, Ines, Cembella, Allan D., Bernd Krock, Alexander Goesmann   +16 more
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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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Megacolon tóxico. Tratamiento quirúrgico

, 2020
Toxic megacolon represents a complication resulting from mainly inflammatory or infectious conditions of the colon. It is most commonly associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), that is, ulcerative colitis or ileocolonic Crohn's disease ...
Pozo Gualpa, Daniela Alejandra, Josué Redrobán Tufiño, Edgar, Cepeda Arauz, David Alexander, Murgueytio Salazar, Marielena Estefanía   +3 more
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[The development of a toxic megacolon due to Amanita phalloides poisoning. A rare complication]

, 2004
HISTORY: A 71-year-old previously healthy man consumed a mushroom meal containing Amanita phalloides, which he had confused with Agaricus campestris.
Eyer, F;Felgenhauer, N;Zilker, T
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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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Megacolon tóxico: a propósito de un caso: Toxic megacolon. Case report

Toxic megacolon is a fatal disease, most commonly occurring as a complication of inflammatory bowel disease, infections, and intestinal ischemia. It is characterized by the presence of bloody diarrhea, abdominal distension, signs of systemic toxicity ...
Mendoza Barreto, Flor Milagros, Sernaque Mechato, Roger, Castillo Arias, Stephanie Tahnne, Ñaupari Jara, Silvana   +3 more
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