To determine the value of direct dark-field microscopy for diagnosing enteritis due to Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni, we examined 1,377 human fecal specimens for bacteria with typical Campylobacter darting motility, leukocytes, and erythrocytes. Eighty-four specimens (6.1%) grew C.fetus subsp. jejuni. Of the 48 specimens showing Campylobacter motility, 30 (62%) grew C. fetus subsp. jejuni. ...

To cite: Kamata K, Tokuda Y. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013202876 DESCRIPTION Microscopic stool examination by Gram stain is useful for rapid diagnosis and treatment of Campylobacter infection in patients with acute onset diarrhoea. A 69-year-old Japanese woman with pernicious anaemia presented with a 3-day history of fever and watery diarrho...

PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES intestinalis is a rare condition in which gas-containing cysts arise in the intestinal wall and elsewhere within the abdominal cavity. The cysts vary in size from a millimetre to several centimetres in diameter and may occur in large numbers. In most cases the cysts are subserous but occasionally they arise in the submucous layer of the intestine. The pneumatosis is most o...

Based on the analysis of literature sources, monitoring results and our own research, it has been established that viral enteritis occupies a leading place in infectious pathology dogs causes significant damage to animal owners. Viral enteritis, most commonly caused by parvovirus, severe gastrointestinal disorders is one common diarrhea under 6 months age. Therefore, given relevance this issue,...

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 e...

Acute postprandial gastric dilatation and associated clostridial enteritis necroticans is a well recognised but unusual clinical condition. Non-pathological overeating, gastric distension, and clostridial enteritis, termed pig-bel, has been reported in Papua, New Guinea. A similar condition (Darmbrand) was reported from Germany after the second world war, but it is not a condition seen in our s...

The aetiological aspects of 83 sporadic cases of necrotising enteritis (NE) have been studied. Of 56 cases in which histology of the intestine was possible, eight showed appearances (oedema and local eosinophilia) suggestive of a type I hypersensitivity reaction, while in 37 the appearances were suggestive of a type III reaction. We suggest that these reactions, which were more common in childr...

NetB (necrotic enteritis toxin B) is a recently identified β-pore-forming toxin produced by Clostridium perfringens. This toxin has been shown to play a major role in avian necrotic enteritis. In recent years, a dramatic increase in necrotic enteritis has been observed, especially in countries where the use of antimicrobial growth promoters in animal feedstuffs has been banned. The aim of this ...