Transient radiological and colonoscopic features of inflammatory bowel disease in a patient with severe Salmonella gastroenteritis.
Salmonella is the most commonly reported cause of food-borne outbreaks of gastroenteritis. We report a case of a severe and toxic form of enteritis caused by Salmonella enteritidis. Findings of colonoscopy, an upper G1 tract series, and small bowel follow-through were consistent with those of inflammatory bowel disease, but the enteritis was self-limited, and the patient recovered after supportive treatment only and has remained well.
Dagash
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Department of Medicine D, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Hayek
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Gallimidi
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Yassin
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Brook
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000302:isolation & purification