title: Antibiotic-associated colitis and cystic fibrosis.
abstract: The use of antibiotics in patients with cystic fibrosis is widespread, and fecal carriage of Clostridium difficile occurs in up to 50% of these patients; however, antibiotic-associated colitis appears to be a rare occurrence. The reasons why this is so remain unknown. A case of antibiotic-associated colitis occurring in a patient with cystic fibrosis is described. Possible mechanisms for the rarity of antibiotic-associated colitis are reviewed and implications for prompt diagnosis and therapy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: A.W. Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, N.S.W., Australia.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Pokorny
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Bye
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: MacLeod
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Selby
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents