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Kathryn McCarthy1, Sarah Johnston, Clive Hepworth
1London Deanery, General Surgery, Department of general surgery, Rom Valley Way, Romford, RM7 OAG, UK.
BMJ Case Reports
|June 21, 2011
Abstract:
Chinese medicine is becoming widely used in the UK to treat many medical conditions, including acne. We report a case in which Chinese medicine, Lian Qiao Bai Du Wan, was used to treat acne in a teenage boy. The patient then suffered severe diarrhoea with blood and mucus per rectum. Examination of the stool revealed Clostridium difficile infection. Treatment with oral metronidazole improved his symptoms.
