Abstract

SANGUINA, Marta; PINEDA, Gladys Alexis  and  BENITEZ, Paola Elizabeth. Pseudomembranous colitis due to Clostridium difficile. Rev. virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int. [online]. 2018, vol.5, n.1, pp.87-93.  Epub Mar 01, 2018. ISSN 2312-3893.  https://doi.org/10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2018.05(01)87-093.

The case of a 22-year-old woman with cellulitis on the right side of the thigh region is presented. She receives oral antibiotics initially with amoxicillin and then parenterally quinolone plus clindamycin and consults our service for diarrhea and abdominal pain. Rectosigmoidoscopy detects pseudomembranous colitis. Toxins of C. difficile were positive in feces. Specific antibiotic treatment was started and then the diarrheic symptoms stopped.

Keywords : Clostridium difficile; pseudomembranous enterocolitis; diarrhea; abdominal pain.

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