[Severe forms of pseudomembranous colitis caused by Clostridium difficile].
Clostridium difficile causes a broad spectrum of enteric diseases in humans, ranging from mild antibiotic-associated diarrhoea to more severe pseudomembranous colitis. The authors report four cases of life-threatening pseudomembranous colitis with haemodynamic changes. Infection due to Clostridium difficile should be kept in mind whenever a patient undergoing antibiotic therapy develops a symptomatology of an acute abdomen.
Mohammedi
I
I
Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Lyon.
Gachot
B
B
Souweine
B
B
Vachon
F
F
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000009:adverse effects; D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002439:Cefotaxime
Formes graves de colite pseudomembraneuse à Clostridium difficile.