Salmonella colitis or inflammatory bowel disease? A case demonstrating overlapping of clinical, endoscopic and pathologic features

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  • I. S. Papanikolaou
  • Kalliopi Petraki
  • Ch. Mavrogiannis
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lapping clinical, endoscopic and histological features. Differential diagnosis may become extremely difficult in the setting of Salmonella infections, complicating undiagnosed IBD. We report the case of an elderly patient admitted to hospital due to acute enteritis secondary to Salmonella infection, complicating undiagnosed Crohn’s disease (CD) and we highlight the diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas tackled during her hospitalization.

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تاریخ انتشار 2005