Clostridium difficile small bowel enteritis occurring after total colectomy.
Clostridium difficile infection is usually associated with antibiotic therapy and is almost always limited to the colonic mucosa. Small bowel enteritis is rare: only 9 cases have been previously cited in the literature. This report describes a case of C. difficile small bowel enteritis that occurred in a patient after total colectomy and reviews the 9 previously reported cases of C. difficile enteritis.
Freiler
J F
JF
Department of Internal Medicine, Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-5529, USA. jdfreiler@earthlink.net
Durning
S J
SJ
Ender
P T
PT
D000328:Adult; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003082:Colectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male