4 Cases of Pseudomembranous Colitis Confirmed by Clostridium Culture.
- Author:
Nam Min LEE
;
Jong Ho WON
;
Moon Sung LEE
;
Jin Hong KIM
;
Sung Won CHO
;
Chan Sup SHIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Aminoglycosides;
Anion Exchange Resins;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Bacitracin;
Cholestyramine Resin;
Clostridium difficile;
Clostridium*;
Diagnosis;
Diarrhea;
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous*;
Metronidazole;
Mucus;
Vancomycin
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1989;9(2):221-226
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Diarrhea is a common complication of antibiotics usage. The diarrhea ascribed to antibiotics usually consist of loose or watery stools, sometimes containing mucus but rarely grossly evident blood. Almost every antibiotics has been implicated, although cases related to the use of vancomycin or aminoglycosides are rare. Although the pathogenesis of antibiotics-associated diarrhea is not confirmed, recent studies have shown that a toxin of clostridium difficile is implicated as a cause of it. Diagnosis is made by detecting toxin in the stool or stool culture for C.difficile. Treatment is either directed at binding the toxin with anion exchange resins such as cholestyramine in mild case, or at eradicating the C.difficile organism with vancomycin, metronidazole or bacitracin for more severe cases. (continue...)
