Pseudomembranous colitis

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• Synonyms

  • PMC

• Causes

  • Clostridium difficile
  • Antibiotic
  • Clindamycin

• Effects

  • Watery diarrhoea
  • Toxic megacolon
  • Protein-losing enteropathy

• Parents

  • Lower gastrointestinal pathology

• Treatments

  • Metronidazole
  • Vancomycin

• Description

  • "33% relapse after treatment Treatment: - metronidazole or oral vancomycin If antibiotics fail - colectomy"