A case of toxic megacolon secondary to Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea worsened after administration of an antimotility agent and molecular analysis of recovered isolates.
Hideaki
H
Kato
Haru
H
Kato
Makoto
M
Nakamura
Atsushi
A
Nakamura
D000368:Aged; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000235:genetics; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008139:Loperamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008532:Megacolon, Toxic / Q000209:etiology*
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; C488583:Clostridium difficile lethal toxin B; D004768:Enterotoxins; C041348:tcdA protein, Clostridium difficile; D008139:Loperamide