A Rare Case of Clostridium difficile Enteritis: A Common Bug in an Uncommon Place

Clostridium difficile (CD), a bacterium responsible for causing 15%-25% of all cases of infectious diarrhea, is most commonly associated with infection of the colon. Rarely, though with increasing frequency, it has been noted to infect the small intestine in what is referred to as CD enteritis. We p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Aujla, Amreet K, Averbukh, Leon D, Potashinsky, Alexander, Rossi, Lisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6590866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31259128
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4519
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Sumario:Clostridium difficile (CD), a bacterium responsible for causing 15%-25% of all cases of infectious diarrhea, is most commonly associated with infection of the colon. Rarely, though with increasing frequency, it has been noted to infect the small intestine in what is referred to as CD enteritis. We present the case of a patient who was diagnosed and treated for CD enteritis, review the pathophysiology behind the infection, and discuss the diagnostic and treatment options available to healthcare professionals.

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