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A Rare Case of Pseudomembranous Colitis Presenting with Pleural Effusion and Ascites with Literature Review
Clostridium difficile infection usually results from long-term and irregular antibiotic intake. The high-risk individuals for this infection include the patients undergoing chemotherapy due to malignancy, immunocompromised patients, and hospitalized patients receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics. The...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8741396/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35003814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6019068 |
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author | Salehi, Hossain Salehi, Amir Mohammad |
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description | Clostridium difficile infection usually results from long-term and irregular antibiotic intake. The high-risk individuals for this infection include the patients undergoing chemotherapy due to malignancy, immunocompromised patients, and hospitalized patients receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics. The most common clinical manifestation of Clostridium difficile infection is diarrhea. However, pleural effusion and ascites have rarely been observed. As mentioned, these manifestations can be developed in a patient being treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. Therefore, the present study reports a rare case of Clostridium difficile infection manifesting with these rare manifestations who was a 78-year-old female patient with a history of COVID-19, orthopedic surgery, and antibiotic treatment with cefixime and gentamicin. |
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spelling | pubmed-87413962022-01-08 A Rare Case of Pseudomembranous Colitis Presenting with Pleural Effusion and Ascites with Literature Review Salehi, Hossain Salehi, Amir Mohammad Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report Clostridium difficile infection usually results from long-term and irregular antibiotic intake. The high-risk individuals for this infection include the patients undergoing chemotherapy due to malignancy, immunocompromised patients, and hospitalized patients receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics. The most common clinical manifestation of Clostridium difficile infection is diarrhea. However, pleural effusion and ascites have rarely been observed. As mentioned, these manifestations can be developed in a patient being treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. Therefore, the present study reports a rare case of Clostridium difficile infection manifesting with these rare manifestations who was a 78-year-old female patient with a history of COVID-19, orthopedic surgery, and antibiotic treatment with cefixime and gentamicin. Hindawi 2021-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8741396/ /pubmed/35003814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6019068 Text en Copyright © 2021 Hossain Salehi and Amir Mohammad Salehi. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Salehi, Hossain Salehi, Amir Mohammad A Rare Case of Pseudomembranous Colitis Presenting with Pleural Effusion and Ascites with Literature Review |
title | A Rare Case of Pseudomembranous Colitis Presenting with Pleural Effusion and Ascites with Literature Review |
title_full | A Rare Case of Pseudomembranous Colitis Presenting with Pleural Effusion and Ascites with Literature Review |
title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Pseudomembranous Colitis Presenting with Pleural Effusion and Ascites with Literature Review |
title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Pseudomembranous Colitis Presenting with Pleural Effusion and Ascites with Literature Review |
title_short | A Rare Case of Pseudomembranous Colitis Presenting with Pleural Effusion and Ascites with Literature Review |
title_sort | rare case of pseudomembranous colitis presenting with pleural effusion and ascites with literature review |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8741396/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35003814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6019068 |
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