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Gastroenterol Res Pract. 2008;2008:985658. doi: 10.1155/2008/985658. Epub 2009 Feb 01.

Fulminant Clostridium difficile enteritis after proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastamosis.

Gastroenterology research and practice

Elena Boland, Jon S Thompson

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 983280 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198-3280, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 19197378 PMCID: PMC2633454 DOI: 10.1155/2008/985658

Abstract

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection of the small bowel is very rare. The disease course is more severe than that of C. difficile colitis, and the mortality is high. We present a case of C. difficile enteritis in a patient with ileal pouch-anal anastamosis (IPAA), and review previous case reports in order to better characterize this unusual condition.

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