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[Recurrent fatal pseudomembranous colitis]
L Auvray1, F Lenfant, L Lenfant
1Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, CHU de Dijon, Hôpital Général, 3, rue Faubourg Raines, BP 1529, F21033 Dijon.
Presse Medicale (Paris, France : 1983)
|November 2, 2001
Abstract
Background:
Clostridium difficile pseudomembranous colitis may trace a fulminent course and require surgery.
Case Reports:
Outcome was fatal despite subtotal colectomy in the reported case of recurrent Clostridium difficile pseudomembranous colitis. Infrequent localization, low serum albumin and an unfavorable clinical course were observed.
Discussion:
Rapid surgical treatment with large resection is mandatory in such cases, particularly in patients of rectal and sigmoid remnant involvement.