title: Ileal perforation secondary to Clostridium difficile enteritis: report of 2 cases.
abstract: Two cases of small-bowel perforation secondary to Clostridium difficile enteritis are described and compared with the 8 cases of C difficile enteritis reported in the medical literature. The cause of small-bowel involvement with C difficile is unknown, but prior antibiotic use, prior colectomy, chronic alterations in small-bowel flora, and other host factors are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Clinical Campus of Temple University School of Medicine, 4800 Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
authors.forename: Fernando D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Hayetian
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brozovich
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Garvin
authors.forename: Philip F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Caushaj
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male