Clindamycin-associated colitis. Review of the clinical spectrum of 47 cases.
A review of 47 cases of clindamycin-associated colitis demonstrates two groups of patients. Group I includes patients who developed diarrhea and colitis while they were still receiving clindamycin and the antibiotic was immediately stopped. Group II includes patients who developed diarrhea and colitis either after a complete course of antibiotics had been given, or while they continued to receive clindamycin. It is in this latter group of patients that significant morbidity and occasional mortality occurs.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003092:Colitis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000139:chemically induced; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged