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Pseudomembranous colitis
In 1978, C. difficile was identified as the causative agent of pseudomembranous colitis [1]. There has been a worldwide increase in the incidence and severity of C. difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) due to increased use of broad-spectrum antimicrobial, crowded hospital wards [2,3] and/or poor infection control [4,5]. Pseudomembranous colitis associated with antibiotic use may alter the balan...
متن کاملPseudomembranous Colitis
PMC has emerged, particularly in recent years, as a major and very expensive healthcare problem. Spores formed by the organism are implicated in spread of infection and have implications for hygiene and prevention of infection. C. difficile is an anaerobic Gram-positive rod which secretes two types of toxin (A and B), which cause disruption to the barrier function of the colonic mucosa. They ar...
متن کامل[Pseudomembranous colitis].
For some thirty years it has been known that pathologic proliferation oftoxigenic Clostridium difficile may lead to inflammation of colonic mucosa which, in its fully developed form, manifests as pseudomembranous colitis. CDAD (Clostridium difficile - Associated Disease or Diarrhoea) is the term which is generally and quite aptly used for the disease in literature on the subject. In most cases,...
متن کاملPseudomembranous Colitis
PMC has emerged, particularly in recent years, as a major and very expensive healthcare problem. Spores formed by the organism are implicated in spread of infection and have implications for hygiene and prevention of infection. C. difficile is an anaerobic Gram-positive rod which secretes two types of toxin (A and B), which cause disruption to the barrier function of the colonic mucosa. They ar...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.479