A description of CT features of Clostridium difficile infection of the small bowel in four patients and a review of literature.
Clostridium difficile associated disease is an increasingly common cause of morbidity and mortality. Pseudomembranous colitis following hospital-administered antibiotic treatment is the most common symptomatic manifestation. Small bowel enteritis caused by C. difficile, however, is rarely described. Here, we present a series of four patients with hospital-acquired small bowel enteritis caused by C. difficile, discuss its CT and histopathological features, and review the current literature.
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Departments of Radiology Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK. b_wee@hotmail.com
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McCafferty
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed