Bacterial ileocecitis caused by Escherichia coli O157:H7.
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.
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Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
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D002648:Child; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections; D006801:Humans; D007079:Ileitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography