Pseudomembranous colitis due to Clostridium difficile as a cause of perineal necrotising fasciitis.

Abstract

Although rare, pseudomembranous colitis may be a cause of perineal necrotising fasciitis in a context of immunosuppression, as in the case we report. This origin must be quickly identified because the therapeutic management, especially surgery, is unlikely to be the same as usual. Similarly, antibiotic treatment is also a matter of discussion due to the potential deleterious role of antibiotics in pseudomembranous colitis.

• Authors: Thibault Duburcq, Erika Parmentier-Decrucq, Julien Poissy, Daniel Mathieu
• Journal: BMJ case reports (BMJ Case Rep) Vol. 2013 (Jan 22 2013) ISSN: 1757-790X [Electronic] England
• PMID: 23345501 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Buttocks (microbiology, surgery)
• Clostridioides difficile
• Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous (complications, microbiology)
• Fasciitis, Necrotizing (microbiology, surgery)
• Fatal Outcome
• Female
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Perineum (microbiology, surgery)
• Shock, Septic (microbiology, therapy)
• Vulva (microbiology, surgery)