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KMID : 0614620110570060374
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Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2011 Volume.57 No. 6 p.374 ~ p.378
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Left-sided Ulcerative Colitis Reactivated and Aggravated during Clostridium difficile Infection
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Na Dong-Kil
Kim Jin-Bae
Shin Young-Chul
Shin Su-Lin
Kim Hyo-Jung
Baek Il-Hyun
Park Sang-Hoon
Lee Myung-Suk
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Abstract
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Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection appears to be closely related to reactivation, diagnostic delay, and disease progression in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. However, whether C. difficile infection triggers the reactivation of inflammatory bowel disease or vice versa is not certain. We report a case of reactivated and progressed left ulcerative colitis following C. difficile infection in a 56-year-old woman. A series of endoscopic findings in this case report strongly supports a causative role of C. difficile infection on the reactivation and progression of ulcerative colitis.
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KEYWORD
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Clostridium difficile, Ulcerative colitis, Pseudomembranous colitis
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