Case report: Antibiotic-associated haemorrhagic colitis

Citation
Am. Miller et al., Case report: Antibiotic-associated haemorrhagic colitis, J GASTR HEP, 13(11), 1998, pp. 1115-1118
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenerology and Hepatology","da verificare
Journal title
JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
ISSN journal
08159319 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1115 - 1118
Database
ISI
SICI code
0815-9319(199811)13:11<1115:CRAHC>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Antibiotic-associated haemorrhagic colitis is an uncommon cause of bloody d iarrhoea in patients taking penicillin or penicillin-related antibiotics. S ymptoms of abdominal pain and bloody diarrhoea occur within 1 week of antib iotic use and resolve without specific therapy within days of discontinuing the offending antibiotic. There is an apparent increased incidence of the disease in patients of Oriental ethnicity. The pathogenesis is unknown. We present two cases of haemorrhagic colitis in patients taking penicillin-rel ated antibiotics who presented within 4 months of each other. One of the pa tients was being treated for Helicobacter pylori infection. The published l iterature is reviewed with particular emphasis on the histology and pathoge nesis of the condition.