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Abstract
An acute inflammation of the INTESTINAL MUCOSA that is characterized by the presence of pseudomembranes or plaques in the SMALL INTESTINE (pseudomembranous enteritis) and the LARGE INTESTINE (pseudomembranous colitis). It is commonly associated with antibiotic therapy and CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE colonization.
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- Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
- Antibiotic-Associated Colitis
- Clostridium Enterocolitis
- Colitis, Pseudomembranous
- Enteritis, Pseudomembranous
- Pseudomembranous Colitis
- Pseudomembranous Enteritis
- Antibiotic Associated Colitis
- Colitis, Antibiotic-Associated
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coord IM with specific Clostridium species (IM)
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History Note
85; was ENTEROCOLITIS, ACUTE 1963-84
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004761. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004761
- Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomembranous_colitis
- Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574905