title: [Nonbacterial colitides].
abstract: Aside from bacterial infections, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections are important differential diagnoses in inflammatory disorders of the colorectum. In contrast to bacterial infections, in which the causative organism can hardly ever be detected histologically, in non bacterial infections the germs can often be verified by either histology, immunohistochemistry, or at least by molecular pathology. This manuscript will give an overview of the spectrum of pathogenic germs, the clinical symptoms, and pathological findings of the most important infections.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pathologie, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Deutschland. Daniela.Aust@uniklinikum-dresden.de
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Aust
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Baretton
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000473:pathology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000473:pathology; D003092:Colitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000473:pathology; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009181:Mycoses / Q000473:pathology; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000473:pathology; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology; D015163:Superinfection / Q000473:pathology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000473:pathology*