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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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Case Report: Toxic megacolon secondary to chronic constipation and cocaine consumption

Frontiers in Surgery
Toxic megacolon (TM) is a severe condition characterized by acute colonic dilation, with specific radiological and clinical signs. The multifactorial etiology of TM is primarily associated with inflammatory bowel disease and infections.
Bertha Dimas, Guillermo Hernández, Ivonne Peralta, Ansony Godinez, Gabriela Gutierrez, Fernando Cruz   +5 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
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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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TOXIC MEGACOLON AS THE FIRST MANIFESTATION OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS – A CASE REPORT

Slovenska pediatrija
Acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) can be a life-threatening disease if it is not recognised in time. It can lead to complications such as toxic megacolon (TM) and intestinal perforation.
Maksim Bešić, Darja Urlep Žužej
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Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Toxic Megacolon

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2005
Todd PW McMullen, Robert J Bailey
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A case with cytomegalovirus colitis and toxic megacolon initially diagnosed as Crohn's disease

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2020
Shan-Han Chang, Hsin-Yun Sun, Chia-Tung Shun, Shu-Chen Wei   +3 more
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CT features of toxic megacolon: A systematic review

Radiography, 2021
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Toxic megacolon in colitis

IDCases, 2023
Sayato Fukui, Umihiko Sawada, Atsuko Hojo   +2 more
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