title: Pseudomembranous colitis in cystic fibrosis.
abstract: Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients may require frequent courses of antibiotics and repeated hospital admissions. Although children with CF have high carriage rate for C.difficile, they rarely develop colitis. Pseudomembranous colitis is more common in adult post lung transplant CF patients. Although rare, paseudomembranous colitis should be considered in CF patients presenting with abdominal symptoms even in the absence of diarrhoea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital for Wales, Cardiff, Wales. rajjuprasad@gmail.com
authors.forename: Prasad
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nagakumar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents