Relapse of antibiotic-associated colitis after vancomycin therapy.
Antibiotic-associated colitis, although occasionally fatal, is a disease which is considered to be self-limiting and non-recurring. Recently, specific treatment with oral vancomycin directed at the trigger organism, Clostridium difficile, has been shown to be effective. A case in which antibiotic-associated colitis was treated with vancomycin and subsequently recurred is described. The fact that such relapse can occur indicates that further evaluation of the efficacy of vancomycin is required.
D000368:Aged; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014640:Vancomycin