title: Bacterial ileocecitis caused by Escherichia coli O157:H7.
abstract: Escherichia coli O157:H7 is most commonly linked to hemorrhagic colitis and the hemolytic uremic syndrome. Diagnostic ultrasound was used to demonstrate terminal ileum abnormalities suggestive of bacterial ileocecitis, a recently described entity that resembles acute appendicitis, in a patient whose stool culture yielded E. coli O157:H7. This case extends the spectrum of disease caused by E. coli O157:H7 and expands the number of organisms that can cause bacterial ileocecitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Tarr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weinberger
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Hatch
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Christie
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections; D006801:Humans; D007079:Ileitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography