Antibiotics Associated Hemorrhagic Colitis: A report of two cases.
- Author:
Kwang An KWUN
1
;
Jeong Ho HAM
;
Eun Joo KIM
;
Il Kwun CHUNG
;
Hong Soo KIM
;
Sang Heum PARK
;
Moon Ho LEE
;
Sun Joo KIM
Author Information
1. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University College of Medicine, Chonan, Korea. eunjoo@sparc.schch.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Antibiotics;
Hemorrhagic colitis;
Quinolone
- MeSH:
Ampicillin;
Anti-Bacterial Agents*;
Colic;
Colitis*;
Colon;
Diarrhea;
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2001;22(1):45-49
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Antibiotics related colitis is a well recognized disease entity which in its severest form may result in pseudomembranous colitis, whereas in another form, acute hemorrhagic colitis without pseudomembrane, related to the use of penicillin-type antibiotics is rarely reported. The clinical features of hemorrhagic colitis associated with antibiotics was characterized that the bloody diarrhea, often with abdominal cramping pain begins 2~7 days after starting the antibiotics and rapidly recovered after its withdrawal. Pathogenesis of this disease is not entirely clear. It has been believed that right-sided hemorrhagic colitis is one of the main forms of colitis associated with antibiotics, especially ampicillin derivatives or cephalosporin, but recent reports presented left-sided colitis. We experienced 2 cases of hemorrhagic colitis developed on the left colon after the introduction of quinolone.
