Pseudomembranous Colitis

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Who are the top experts researching treatments for pseudomembranous colitis?

The top experts researching pseudomembranous colitis are: Sung Jin Cho, Jin Heon Lee and Myoung Kuk Jang.

What are the top concepts researched in studies about pseudomembranous colitis?

The most researched concepts in studies of pseudomembranous colitis are: Clostridium Difficile, Abdominal Pain, Antibiotic Therapy, Oral Vancomycin and Toxic Megacolon.

What are some of the top places that specialize in pseudomembranous colitis?

Recommended institutions that specialize in pseudomembranous colitis:

Inland Empire Gastroenterology 40404 California Oaks Rd # C, Murrieta, CA 92562 Phone: +19516000288

Gastroenterology Associates of Brooklyn 902 Quentin Rd Suite 701, Brooklyn, NY 11223 Phone: +17183363900

The Functional Gut Clinic 22 Upper Wimpole St, London W1G 6NB, United Kingdom Phone: +442074867777

Tsukahara Clinic Japan, 〒211-0063 Kanagawa, Kawasaki, Nakahara Ward, Kosugimachi, 1 Chome−529-12 ＳＴＥＰＳ－３ Phone: +81447381616

Pseudomembranous Colitis

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This article has been medically reviewed by Marither Oropeza, MD — 2022-11-10

#1	John G Bartlett
From the Stritch School of Medicine and the Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL (T.B.N.); the David Geffen School of ... Clostridium Difficile | African Americans | Anaerobic Bacteria | Biological Weapon | Bacteroides Fragilis

#2	Dale N Gerding
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, United States of America | Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL, USA | Research Service, Infectious Diseases Section, Edward ... Clostridium Difficile | Ascitic Fluid | United States | Protein Binding | Staphylococcus Aureus

#3	John Thomas Lamont
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 02215, Boston, MA, USA | From the Division of ... Clostridium Difficile | Gastric Mucin | Rat Ileum | Protein Synthesis | Boulardii Protease

#4	TE‐WEN Chang
Department of Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111. | From the Departments of Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University ... Methylene Blue | Genital Herpes | Lactobacillus Gg | Eczema Herpeticum | Clostridium Difficile

#5	Andrew Bruce Onderdonk
Massachusetts Host-Microbiome Center, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, ... Bacteroides Fragilis | Vaginal Microflora | Abscess Formation | Intraabdominal Sepsis | Bacterial Vaginosis

#6	Sherwood L Gorbach
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts | Division of Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States | Department of Public Health & ... Bacteroides Fragilis | Anaerobic Infections | Clostridium Difficile | Intestinal Microflora | Metabolic Syndrome

#7	Robert Fekety
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Disease, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Disease, ... Clostridium Difficile | Antibioticassociated Colitis | Hospital Environment | Standard Antibiotics | Diarrhea Patients

#8	Michael R B Keighley
Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of Birmingham, Birmingham UK. | Fareed Iqbal, MBChB, BMedSc (Hons), MRCS (Eng), Sir Alan Parks Physiology Unit, St Marks Hospital, ... Restorative Proctocolectomy | Crohns Disease | Anorectal Myectomy | Rectal Prolapse | Bowel Preparation

#9	J G Bartlett
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. | Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. | Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins ... Clostridium Difficile | Hiv Infection | Abscess Formation | Guinea Pigs | Animal Enterocolitis

#10	Douglas W Burdon
The General Hospital, Birmingham B4 6NH | The General Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH | Departments of Surgery and Microbiology, The General Hospital, Birmingham ... Clostridium Difficile | Wound Sepsis | Pseudomembranous Colitis | Faecal Flora | Biliary Surgery

#11	Francis J Tedesco
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912 | From the Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912, and the ... Pseudomembranous Colitis | Prospective Evaluation | Barium Enema | Oral Vancomycin | Symptomatic Relapse

#12	R H George
The General Hospital, Birmingham, B4 6NH | The General Hospital, Birmingham | The General Hospital, Birmingham B4 6NH | Department of Microbiology, Birmingham Children's ... Pseudomembranous Colitis | Gastrointestinal Operations | 66 Cases | Patients Vancomycin | Postoperative Diarrhoea

#13	Joseph Silva
Divison of Infectious Diseases, the Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA | From the Department of Internal ... Clostridium Difficile | Antibioticassociated Colitis | Polybrominated Biphenyls | Diarrhea Patients | Candida Parapsilosis

#14	Charalabos H Pothoulakis
Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 | Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... Clostridium Difficile | Human Colonocytes | Intestinal Inflammation | Epithelial Cells | Rat Ileum

#15	F J Tedesco
Rectal Bleeding | Pseudomembranous Colitis | Gastric Pseudolymphoma | Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Squamous Cell Carcinoma

#16	Lynne Vernice McFarland
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States | Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA | ... Clostridium Difficile | Biotherapeutic Agents | Primary Prevention | Veterans Affairs | Oif Oef

#17	WilliamL George
Infectious Diseases Section, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California | Infectious Diseases Section, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los ... Clostridium Difficile | Anaerobic Infections | Antimicrobial Agents | Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia | Clavulanic Acid

#18	Ashley B Price
Department of Pathology and The London Clinic, London, UK | Department of Histopathology, Northwick Park and St. Mark’s Hospitals, Imperial College, London, UK | Department of ... Ulcerative Colitis | Idiopathic Parkinsonism | Blood Loss | Helicobacter Pylori | Pernicious Anaemia

#19	H ELLIOTT Larson
Division of Communicable Diseases, Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, England. | Division of Communicable Diseases, Clinical Research Centre, Watford Road, Harrow, ... Pseudomembranous Colitis | Rubella Virus | Clostridium Difficile | Clostridial Toxin | Quantitative Study

#20	Marc Gurwith
Safety Platform for Emergency Vaccines, Los Altos Hills, CA, USA | VaxGen Incorporated, Brisbane, California, USA | Genelabs Technologies, Inc., Redwood City, California | ... Antitumor Agents | Case Definition | Animal Enterocolitis | Safety Immunogenicity | Tissue Culture

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Who Are Susceptible To Pseudomembranous Colitis Among Patients With Presumed...

.. PURPOSE: Pseudomembranous colitis is a severe form of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. However, there have been no reports about the factors that make patients with presumed ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Antibiotic Diarrhea | Multivariate Analysis | Clinical Risk Factors | Clostridioides Difficile

Rifampicin-Associated Pseudomembranous Colitis

.. of pseudomembranous colitis that developed in a patient with liver cirrhosis during anti-tuberculosis therapy with rifampicin and isoniazid. The association between rifampicin and ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Antituberculosis Therapy | Factors Tuberculosis | Antibiotics Antitubercular | Report Case

Diagnosis Of Pseudomembranous Colitis.

.. proved pseudomembranous colitis have been seen in one hospital since July 1975. All patients with the disease had received antibiotics, six for infections not requiring operations; the ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | 22 Patients | Anastomotic Dehiscence | Faecal Toxins | Abdominal Pain

Pseudomembranous Colitis Leading To Toxic Megacolon Associated With...

Pseudomembranous colitis and toxic megacolon are rare complications of antineoplastic chemotherapy. Twelve cases of pseudomembranous colitis and four cases of toxic megacolon, both occurring ...

Toxic Megacolon | Pseudomembranous Colitis | Complications Chemotherapy | Antineoplastic Combined

Acute Abdomen As The First Presentation Of Pseudomembranous Colitis

.. of pseudomembranous colitis in six men who had previously been treated with antibiotics and presented with abdominal distention, pain, fever, and leukocytosis with absent or mild diarrhea. ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Acute Abdomen | Abdominal Distention | Patients Antibiotics | Clostridium Difficile

A Case Of Pseudomembranous Colitis Associated With Rifampin

Pseudomembranous colitis is known to develop with long-term antibiotic administration, but antitubercular agents are rarely reported as a cause of this disease. We experienced a case of ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Antituberculosis Therapy | Antitubercular Agents | Case Rifampin | Tuberculosis Pulmonary

Pseudomembranous Colitis Following Prophylactic Antibiotic Use In Primary Cesarean Section

.. of pseudomembranous colitis in three patients given prophylactic antibiotic therapy before and after primary cesarean section is presented. All patients shared the same ward and labor and ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Clostridium Difficile | Primary Cesarean | Prophylactic Antibiotic | Cross Infection

Pseudomembranous Colitis Treated With Completely Diverting Ileostomy

.. with pseudomembranous colitis of obscure origin responsed promptly to a completely diverting ileostomy. The ileostomy was successfully closed three months later when the colon appeared to ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Colon | Operation | Ileostomy | Completely

Pseudomembranous Colitis: Diagnostic Sensitivity Of The Abdominal Plain Radiograph

.. with pseudomembranous colitis (PMC). One hundred and fifty-two plain radiographs of the abdomen (taken within 3 days of pseudomembranous colitis diagnosis) from 152 patients with ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Patients Pmc | Nodular Haustral Thickening | Colon | Abdomen

Pseudomembranous Colitis With Presence Of Signet - Ring Cells: Report Of Two...

.. WITH PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS: the first case concerns a 73-year-old male patient with clinical history of cardiovascular disease and pulmonary insufficiency, admitted to the hospital for ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Ring Cells | Colonic Mucosa | Broad Spectrum

Signet-Ring Cells Associated With Pseudomembranous Colitis.

.. developed pseudomembranous colitis with toxic megacolon. In addition to the classic features of pseudomembranous colitis, the colon displayed signet-ring cells confined to the surface ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Ring Cells | Biopsy Carcinoma | Megacolon Toxic | Publication Aged Aged

Pseudomembranous Colitis After Helicobacter Pylori Eradication Therapy

.. of pseudomembranous colitis. Because she had not taken Vancomycin (VCM) (500 mg/day) as directed, she had a relapse of watery diarrhea and was admitted on April 30. A stool test for ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Helicobacter Pylori | Eradication Therapy | Stool Test | Clostridium Difficile

Defining Surgical Therapy For Pseudomembranous Colitis With Toxic Megacolon

.. BACKGROUND: Pseudomembranous colitis has increased in incidence and severity over the past 10 years. Toxic megacolon is a rare but reported presentation of severe pseudomembranous colitis. ...

Toxic Megacolon | Pseudomembranous Colitis | Mortality Rate | Early Diagnosis | Clostridium Difficile

Toxic Megacolon Secondary To Pseudomembranous Colitis

.. antibiotic-induced pseudomembranous colitis. We have been able to collect 20 cases from the literature and add one new case. The mortality in the collected series was 33 per cent. The ...

Toxic Megacolon | Pseudomembranous Colitis | Early Recognition | Medical Management | Subtotal Colectomy

Pseudomembranous Colitis: Not Always Caused By Clostridium Difficile

.. classically pseudomembranous colitis is caused by Clostridium difficile, it can result from several etiologies. Certain medications, chemical injury, collagenous colitis, inflammatory ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Clostridium Difficile | Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Diarrhea | Endoscopy

Pseudomembranous Colitis After Topical Application Of Clindamycin

.. with pseudomembranous colitis. The patient became asymptomatic after ten days of supportive care and oral vancomycin hydrochloride therapy. This case is presented as an example of ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Topical Application | Acne Vulgaris Administration | Clostridium Difficile | Stool Specimen

Pseudomembranous Colitis Following Low Dose Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole

.. had pseudomembranous colitis while taking low dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for recurrent urinary tract infection. The suppressive effect of low dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole on ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Urinary Tract | Anti Infective | Colonic | Flora

Pseudomembranous Colitis After Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Therapy

.. whom pseudomembranous colitis developed after 4 weeks of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis for recurrent urinary tract infection. Increasing usage of this agent for common ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Sulfamethoxazole Trimethoprim | Drug Combination | Infective Agents | Urinary Tract

Roentgenographs Features In Antibiotic‐associated Pseudomembranous Colitis

.. with pseudomembranous colitis, related to antibiotic therapy, had a wide spectrum of radiographic features. These ranged from mild, focal areas of mucosal irregularity to widespread ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Radiography Adult | Barium | Colonic | Mucosal

Role Of Clostridium Difficile In A Case Of Nonantibiotic-Associated...

.. have pseudomembranous colitis. She had not received antimicrobial agents for at least 2 yr. Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis was found in kidney biopsy, and her renal function ...

Pseudomembranous Colitis | Clostridium Difficile | Chronic Diarrhea | Antimicrobial Agents