Postoperative pseudomembranous colitis associated with ampicillin therapy.

Abstract

A case of pseudomembranous colitis in a 66-year-old subject is presented. The disease appeared on the fourth postoperative day following prostatectomy. On the first postoperative day ampicillin was administered intramuscularly (4 g/day). On the seventh postoperative day, toxic megacolon complicated the disease and a diverting ileostomy with decompression colostomies was performed. The patient died two days later due to severe respiratory failure following extensive bronchopulmonary infection.

• Authors: G Theodoropoulos, A Archimandritis, B Golematis, N Papacharalampous, K Melissinos
• Journal: International surgery (Int Surg) 1980 May-Jun Vol. 65 Issue 3 Pg. 271-4 ISSN: 0020-8868 [Print] Italy
• PMID: 7228550 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Ampicillin

Topics

• Aged
• Ampicillin (adverse effects)
• Bacteriuria (drug therapy)
• Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous (chemically induced, diagnosis)
• Humans
• Klebsiella Infections (drug therapy)
• Male
• Postoperative Complications (drug therapy)
• Prostatectomy (adverse effects)