Constipation in Clostridium difficile infection
| Autor: | Jamila Shahnewaz, Hamed Daw, Hameem I Kawsar, K V Gopal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain Constipation Multiple Organ Failure Bacterial Toxins Clostridium difficile toxin A Gastroenterology Article Feces Leukocyte Count Fatal Outcome Internal medicine medicine Humans Enterocolitis Pseudomembranous Aged Respiratory distress Clostridioides difficile business.industry General Medicine Clostridium difficile Surgery Metronidazole Sputum Vancomycin Female medicine.symptom business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports. 2012:bcr0220125938-bcr0220125938 |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | A patient presented to our hospital with worsening shortness of breath, cough and respiratory distress that slowly worsened over 7-10 days. She had a viral-like illness with runny nose and cough for 1 week, which became productive of yellowish sputum. She was treated with antibiotic and steroid with clinical improvement. Her leucocyte count continued to increase despite discontinuation of both antibiotic and steroid. All culture results returned negative. She did not have any abdominal pain or diarrhoea. Her stool was positive for Clostridium difficile toxin assayed by PCR. A CT of abdomen showed distension of cecum and proximal colon. She was treated with intravenous metronidazole, oral and rectal vancomycin and intravenous immunoglobulin. She developed multi-organ failure and died. |
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