A Rare Case of Clostridium difficile Enteritis: A Common Bug in an Uncommon Place

Clostridium difficile (CD), a bacterium responsible for causing 15%-25% of all cases of infectious diarrhea, is most commonly associated with infection of the colon. Rarely, though with increasing frequency, it has been noted to infect the small intestine in what is referred to as CD enteritis. We p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2019-04, Vol.11 (4), p.e4519
Hauptverfasser:	Aujla, Amreet K, Averbukh, Leon D, Potashinsky, Alexander, Rossi, Lisa
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdomen Antibiotics Blood pressure Case reports Comorbidity Diarrhea Family medical history Feces Gastroenterology Heart rate Hemodialysis Hemoglobin Infections Infectious Disease Inflammatory bowel disease Internal Medicine Laboratories Medical diagnosis Mortality Ostomy Patients Small intestine Tomography Toxins Vital signs
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Zusammenfassung:	Clostridium difficile (CD), a bacterium responsible for causing 15%-25% of all cases of infectious diarrhea, is most commonly associated with infection of the colon. Rarely, though with increasing frequency, it has been noted to infect the small intestine in what is referred to as CD enteritis. We present the case of a patient who was diagnosed and treated for CD enteritis, review the pathophysiology behind the infection, and discuss the diagnostic and treatment options available to healthcare professionals.
ISSN:	2168-8184 2168-8184
DOI:	10.7759/cureus.4519