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ArticleBMJ case reports2015

Clostridium difficile infection after ileostomy closure mimicking anastomotic leak.

Muhammad Qutayba Almerie, Adam Culverwell, Christopher Mahon

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Muhammad Qutayba AlmerieDepartment of General Surgery, Harrogate District Hospital, Harrogate, UK.
Adam CulverwellDepartment of Radiology, Harrogate District Hospital, Harrogate, UK.
Christopher MahonDepartment of General Surgery, Harrogate District Hospital, Harrogate, UK.
Harrogate District Hospital · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clostridium difficile infection is linked to antibiotic exposure, with elderly and immunocompromised hospitalised patients being particularly at risk. The symptoms range from mild diarrhoea to life-threatening fulminant colitis. We describe an unusual presentation of C. difficile infection after closure of ileostomy in a healthy 60-year-old man with a history of low anterior resection and defunctioning ileostomy for rectal tumour. On the third day postoperatively, the patient developed left lower abdominal pain and profuse diarrhoea. With worsening symptoms and steadily increasing inflammatory markers over the following few days, concerns were raised about an anastomotic leak with pelvic abscess. CT of the abdomen/pelvis on day 7 surprisingly showed colitis in the neorectum/sigmoid colon. A stool test confirmed C. difficile infection.

Indexed as

Clostridioides difficileRectumAbdominal PainAnastomosis, SurgicalAnastomotic LeakClostridium InfectionsColitisColon, SigmoidDiarrheaHumansIleostomyMaleMiddle AgedPlastic Surgery ProceduresPostoperative ComplicationsRectal Neoplasms

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PMID26150639
PMCPMC4493213
OpenAlexW1918980029

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