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Campylobacter jejuni pancolitis complicated by toxic megacolon in an immunocompetent host
This is an unusual case of a middle-aged, immunocompetent man who developed toxic megacolon (TM) secondary to infection with a normally harmless bug, Campylobacter jejuni. He presented with diarrhoea, fever and abdominal pain. Faecal cultures were positive for C. jejuni. However, the patient did not...
Autores principales: | Hassan, Syed Wajih Ul, Alam, Sheena Nadeem, Syed, Nazar Ulla, Ismail, Muhammad |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9362769/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2022-249801 |
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