Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile: Infection, Impact and...
Clostridium difficile infection is a serious condition that can lead to colon destruction. In this virtual lecture, Michael Miller, PhD, Microbiology Technical Services, LLC, talks about what the organism...
Pseudomembranous Colitis
The following video shows the pseudomembranous colitis caused by Clostridium difficile.
Endoscopic View of Pseudomembranous Colitis
A 26 year-old man, who was under course of antibiotic therapy underwent a watery diarrhea and sepsis. Typical pseudomembranes adherent to the colonic mucosa in antibiotic-associated colitis. The...
Pseudomembranous Colitis
A 43 year-old woman, Suffering of deformed rheumatoid arthritis, underwent a cholecystectomy. Broad-spectrum antibiotics were administered, and one week after she was released from the hospital, she...
Rectum (30 of 30)
(Third Look) Pseudomembranous colitis was first described in 1893 when a patient with severe diarrhea was found to have "diphtheritic colitis" at autopsy. The condition was attributed to mucosal...
Rectum (28 of 30)
Unproven therapies Tapering course of standard antimicrobials Yeast (Saccharomyces boulardii) with AB Cholestyramine Lactobacillus acidophilus Nontoxigenic C. difficile (oral) Bacterial enemas Rectal...
Rectum (27 of 30)
Confusing Terminology Antibiotic-associated diarrhea C. difficile is only one cause Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea diarrhea + positive stool test Clostridium difficile colitis underlying pathologic...
Rectum (25 of 30)
In spite of twenty days of treatment and improvement of the symptoms there are some ulcerated lesions in phase of remission.
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Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality among elderly hospitalized patients. A small but increasing number of patients have developed fulminant CDI, and...
Rectum (22 of 30)
(Third Colonoscopy) Again a follow up endoscopy Smaller plaques, but already confluent.
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Practically most of the Pseudomembranes have been disappeared observing most of the lesion are in phase of remission. Toxic megacolon is well-established as an unusual presentation of C. difficile...