Fatal Clostridium difficile enteritis caused by the BI/NAP1/027 strain: a case series of ileal C. difficile infections.

Abstract

Clostridium difficile generally causes diarrhoea and colitis. Small-bowel infections are considered to be rare. Twelve cases of ileal C. difficile infections are presented, including the first reported case proven to be caused by the hypervirulent BI/NAP1/027 strain. This case series suggests that small bowel involvement in C. difficile infections may be more frequent than previously thought.

• Authors: C Lavallée, B Laufer, J Pépin, A Mitchell, S Dubé, A-C Labbé
• Journal: Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Clin Microbiol Infect) Vol. 15 Issue 12 Pg. 1093-9 (Dec 2009) ISSN: 1469-0691 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 19681954 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Autopsy
• Clostridioides difficile (classification, pathogenicity)
• Colectomy
• Enteritis (epidemiology, microbiology, mortality, pathology)
• Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous (epidemiology, microbiology, mortality, pathology)
• Fatal Outcome
• Female
• Humans
• Ileitis (epidemiology, microbiology, mortality, pathology)
• Ileum (microbiology)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Virulence
• Young Adult