[Colorectal spirochetosis, a possible but unusual cause of chronic diarrhea?].
BACKGROUND
Human intestinal spirochetosis has been known since the end of the nineteenth century.


METHODS
We report one case of intestinal spirochetosis revealed by chronic diarrhoea and diagnosed on colonic biopsies. The chronic diarrhoea disappeared with antibiotherapy.


CONCLUSIONS
The prevalence of intestinal spirochetosis in rectal and colonic biopsies, among patients with digestive disorders, varies in occidental countries from 2% to 7%. Presently, the pathogenic role of intestinal spirochetosis is controversial.
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David
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Boivin
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D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003106:Colon / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D013145:Spirochaetales Infections / Q000150:complications*
Spirochétose colo-rectale, une cause possible mais inhabituelle de diarrhée chronique?