Two Patients with Fulminant Clostridium difficile Enteritis Who Had Not Undergone Total Colectomy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature

Introduction. Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of healthcare associated infectious diarrhea, and its most common clinical manifestation is pseudomembranous colitis. Small bowel enteritis is reported infrequently in the literature and typically occurs only in patients who have undergone...

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Main Authors: Eliza W. Beal, Rosara Bass, Alan E. Harzman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/957257