Clostridium difficile small bowel enteritis occurring after total colectomy

Authors
Freiler, JF Durning, SJ Ender, PT
Citation
Jf. Freiler et al., Clostridium difficile small bowel enteritis occurring after total colectomy, CLIN INF D, 33(8), 2001, pp. 1429-1431
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10584838 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1429 - 1431
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(20011015)33:8<1429:CDSBEO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Clostridium difficile infection is usually associated with antibiotic thera py and is almost always limited to the colonic mucosa. Small bowel enteriti s is rare: only 9 cases have been previously cited in the literature. This report describes a case of C. difficile small bowel enteritis that occurred in a patient after total colectomy and reviews the 9 previously reported c ases of C. difficile enteritis.