title: Clostridium difficile small bowel enteritis occurring after total colectomy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-5529, USA. jdfreiler@earthlink.net
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Freiler
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Durning
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Ender
mesh_terms: 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