A Case of Pseudomembranous Colitis after Voriconazole Therapy

This is a case report on a 35-year-old man with acute myelogenous leukemia who presented fever and intermittent mucoid loose stool to the emergency center. He had been taking voriconazole for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. The flexible sigmoidoscopy was consistent with the diagnosis of pseudomemb...

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Autores principales: Kwon, Jae-Cheol, Kang, Min-Kyu, Kim, Si-Hyun, Choi, Su-Mi, Kim, Hee-Je, Min, Woo-Sung, Lee, Dong-Gun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3159926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21786455
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2011.52.5.863
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Sumario:This is a case report on a 35-year-old man with acute myelogenous leukemia who presented fever and intermittent mucoid loose stool to the emergency center. He had been taking voriconazole for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. The flexible sigmoidoscopy was consistent with the diagnosis of pseudomembranous colitis.

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