Left-sided Ulcerative Colitis Reactivated and Aggravated during Clostridium difficile Infection.
10.4166/kjg.2011.57.6.374
- Author:
Dong Kil NA
1
;
Jin Bae KIM
;
Young Chul SHIN
;
Su Lin SHIN
;
Hyo Jung KIM
;
Il Hyun BAEK
;
Sang Hoon PARK
;
Myung Seok LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jbkim87@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Clostridium difficile;
Ulcerative colitis;
Pseudomembranous colitis
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2011;57(6):374-378
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection appears to be closely related to reactivation, diagnostic delay, and disease progression in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. However, whether C. difficile infection triggers the reactivation of inflammatory bowel disease or vice versa is not certain. We report a case of reactivated and progressed left ulcerative colitis following C. difficile infection in a 56-year-old woman. A series of endoscopic findings in this case report strongly supports a causative role of C. difficile infection on the reactivation and progression of ulcerative colitis.
