[Hemorrhagic diarrhea with competing etiologies].
A case history of a 41-year-old woman with bloody diarrhoea is described. A right-sided hemicolectomy was performed and histological findings showed pseudomembranous colitis. The woman was infected with verotoxin-producing E. coli O103:H2. She had taken an overdose of ergotamine and was using a contraceptive containing oestrogen. Each of these have previously been described as being the cause of bloody diarrhoea, but we suggest the combination as the aetiology in the present case.
Jacobsen
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Hillerød Sygehus, organkirurgisk afdeling A. njac@dadlnet.dk
Olesen
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Nielsen
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OM
Gustafsen
J H
JH
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans
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