Toxic megacolon due to Campylobacter colitis.
Campylobacter jejuni is a common cause of acute infectious diarrhoea. Most patients recover in less than a week, but 20 per cent may have a prolonged or severe illness [1]. We describe a patient who developed a fulminant toxic dilatation of the colon necessitating a subtotal colectomy.
D000328:Adult; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000150:complications*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003082:Colectomy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008532:Megacolon, Toxic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery