TY - JOUR
T1 - Antibiotic associated hemorrhagic colitis
T2 - The need to distinguish from Clostridium difficile colitis
AU - Dharmarajan, Lekshmi
AU - Muthavarapu, R.
AU - Hertan, Hilary
AU - Corpuz, Marilou
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Presented is a case of bloody diarrhea developing within days of taking amoxicillin-clavulanate for sinusitis; both diarrhea and bleeding subsided completely shortly after discontinuing the antibiotic. Although Clostridium difficile colitis was the initial consideration, no single test confirmed the diagnosis. This report substantiates the sporadic case reports linking hemorrhagic colitis to the use of antibiotics such as amoxicillin-clavulanate and the need to differentiate the entity from C. difficile colitis, as treatment and prognosis differ.
AB - Presented is a case of bloody diarrhea developing within days of taking amoxicillin-clavulanate for sinusitis; both diarrhea and bleeding subsided completely shortly after discontinuing the antibiotic. Although Clostridium difficile colitis was the initial consideration, no single test confirmed the diagnosis. This report substantiates the sporadic case reports linking hemorrhagic colitis to the use of antibiotics such as amoxicillin-clavulanate and the need to differentiate the entity from C. difficile colitis, as treatment and prognosis differ.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:60749110745
SN - 0277-4208
VL - 33
SP - 47-48+51-53
JO - Practical Gastroenterology
JF - Practical Gastroenterology
IS - 1
ER -
