title: What's the best way to differentiate infectious colitis (acute self-limited colitis) from IBD?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Christina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Surawicz
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001706:Biopsy; D003092:Colitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D005243:Feces / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D007958:Leukocyte Count