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Pseudomembranous Colitis Presenting with Dual Colonic Perforation in a 15 Year Old Female- A Rare Case Rreport [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 2022
Pseudomembranous colitis is an undesirable complication of C difficle infection. C difficle, although a part of normal gut flora, can become a nuisance and cause varying degrees of colitis, given the opportunity of a conducive host environment ...
Nida Khan, Ashwanth Kumar, Jayant Pednekar, Adeel Ansari, Sandip Tayade   +4 more
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Toxic megacolon in cryptosporidiosis [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1987
Summary A 33 year old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome developed a toxic megacolon. The patient was admitted with a two month history of diarrhoea. Cryptosporidia were isolated from all stool specimens. Clinically and radiographically he developed toxic dilatation of the colon which responded to conservative management.
G M, Connolly, B G, Gazzard
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HSV1/2 Genital Infection in Mice Cause Reversible Delayed Gastrointestinal Transit: A Model for Enteric Myopathy

Frontiers in Medicine, 2018
In an interesting investigation by Khoury-Hanold et al. (1), genital infection of mice with herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) were reported to cause multiple pelvic organ involvement and obstruction.
Arun Chaudhury, Vijaya Sena Reddy Dendi, Mousumi Chaudhury, Astha Jain, Madhukar Reddy Kasarla, Kiran Panuganti, Gaurav Jain, Abhijit Ramanujam, Bhavin Rena, Sudheer Reddy Koyagura, Sumit Fogla, Sunil Kumar, Nawal Singh Shekhawat, Srinivas Maddur, Srinivas Maddur   +14 more
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COVID-19 and Fulminant Clostridium difficile Colitis Co-Infection

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021
The development of Clostridium difficile infection in COVID-19 patients is an understudied complication of the disease. Herein, we present the case of a 46-year-old man who developed severe healthcare-associated C.
Abdul Ahad Ehsan Sheikh, Abu Baker Sheikh, Ishan Shah, Ali Hamza Khair, Nismat Javed, Rahul Shekhar   +5 more
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In-hospital mortality for toxic megacolon

, 2018
In-hospital mortality for toxic ...
Ciccocioppo, Rachele, Corazza, Gino Roberto   +1 more
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MANAGEMENT OF TOXIC MEGACOLON

, 2019
Introduction: Toxic megacolon is differentiated from different types of colonic expansion, for example, Ogilvie syndrome and Hirschsprung disease by the extra presence of systemic toxicity and the incendiary or irresistible etiology of the hidden disease.
Ahmed Anis Abdullah, Mohammed Jamal Goname, Sultan Ashraf Othman, Fahdah Khaled musallam, Asaad saleh radwan, Muayyad Abdullah Abualjadayel, SALIM AHMED ALAZMI, Hattan Saad Alshehri, Zainab Salman Al Shuhayb, Eman ahmed alabdrabalrasol
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Infliximab in Crohn's disease-associated toxic megacolon

, 2012
Item does not contain fulltextRefractory medical treatment of Crohn disease-associated toxic megacolon usually requires surgery, which carries substantial morbidity and mortality.
Geenen, E.J.M. van, Erwin-Jan M. van Geenen, Sachar, D.B., David B. Sachar   +3 more
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Toxic megacolon as a rare complication following atropine therapy due to organophosphate poisoning: A case report

, 2017
The main therapeutic basis for a case of organophosphate poisoning is a combination therapy which includes atropine as an anticholinergic drug and pralidoxime.
Babak Mostafazadeh, Esmaeil Farzaneh, Farahnaz Nikkhah, Maryam Paeezi   +3 more
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Rectal stump management in paediatric ulcerative colitis—An international survey for the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition PORTO Inflammatory Bowel Disease group study

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To evaluate current international clinical practice in the assessment and management of rectal stump disease activity following colectomy in paediatric ulcerative colitis (UC). Methods A web‐based survey comprising 18 questions was distributed to paediatric gastroenterologists via European Porto inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ...
Beth Gordon, Sarah Cooper, Billy Bourke, Séamus Hussey   +3 more
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Severe Clostridium difficile infections in intensive care units: Diverse clinical presentations

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2021
Background: Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) cause significant mortality and morbidity. Critically ill patients are susceptible to CDIs and tend to have severe CDIs, and their clinical presentations are not merely diarrhea.
Jen-Chieh Lee, Yuan-Pin Hung, Bo-Yang Tsai, Pei-Jane Tsai, Wen-Chien Ko   +4 more
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