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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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An unusual case of an ulcerative colitis flare resulting in disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and a bladder hematoma: a case report

BMC Gastroenterology, 2004
Background Disorders of coagulation have long been associated with inflammatory bowel disease. Children, as well as adults, with both active and inactive ulcerative colitis have been found to have abnormal coagulation and fibrinolysis.
Christie Dennis, Murray Karen, Suskind David L   +2 more
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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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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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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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Management of Toxic Megacolon

International Journal of Clinical Practice, 1982
M J, Chare, D A, Aubrey
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Fulminant amoebic colitis following loperamide use.

, 2007
Toxic megacolon is a rare consequence of infection with Entamoeba histolytica. We present such a patient in whom the course of disease may have been influenced by heavy loperamide use.
McGregor, Alastair, Thway, Khin, Wright, Stephen G, Brown, Michael   +3 more
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Synchronous colon cancer presenting as toxic megacolon in a patient with ulcerative colitis: A case report. [PDF]

Int J Surg Case Rep, 2023
Luciano E, Macek S, Pacheco F, Solh W.
europepmc   +1 more source