Clostridium Difficile Infection in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Dr. N.M. Joshi, BSc, MRCP Clinical Research Fellow. Prof. D.S. Rampton, DPhil, FRCP. Professor of Clinical Gastroenterology, Centre for Digestive Diseases, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at higher risk of developing Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) than are those without; patients with both IBD and CDI also appear to have poorer outcomes than those with CDI alone. Stool tests for CDI should be requested in all IBD patients presenting in diarrhoeal relapse. Treatment of CDI complicating IBD should be the same as in patients without IBD, but it is not yet clear whether concurrent corticosteroids and/or immunomodulators should be withheld.
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