Acute fulminant pseudomembranous colitis which developed after ileostomy closure and required emergent total colectomy: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Pseudomembranous colitis is known to be caused by Clostridium difficile; and, in 3% to 8% of patients, it lapses into an aggressive clinical course that is described as fulminant. We present here a case of extremely rapid and fatal fulminant pseudomembranous colitis that developed afte...

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Autores principales: Abe, Iku, Kawamura, Yutaka J, Sasaki, Junichi, Konishi, Fumio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22583397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-130

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22583397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-130

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