Clostridium difficile small bowel enteritis occurring after total colectomy

John F. Freiler; Steven J. Durning; Peter T. Ender

doi:10.1086/322675

Clostridium difficile small bowel enteritis occurring after total colectomy

John F. Freiler^*, Steven J. Durning, Peter T. Ender

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Abstract

Clostridium difficile infection is usually associated with antibiotic therapy and is almost always limited to the colonic mucosa. Small bowel enteritis is rare: only 9 cases have been previously cited in the literature. This report describes a case of C. difficile small bowel enteritis that occurred in a patient after total colectomy and reviews the 9 previously reported cases of C. difficile enteritis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1429-1431
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	33
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/322675
State	Published - 15 Oct 2001
Externally published	Yes

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