[Pseudomembranous colitis in the elderly. Two case reports]. 1989

J L Pérez Arancón, and J I Yoldi Sola, and J Elizalde Fernández, and J L Martínez Urionabarrenechea, and J M Guergué Irazábal, and J M Insausti Ordeñana
Unidad de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona.

Two cases of Pseudomembranous Colitis are presented in old aged people with multi-systematic failure (renal, respiratory, cardiac) doing mention of favorable circumstances, of the clinic, of the physiopathological hypothesis of the diagnostic and therapeutical ways. They get to the conclusion of the easiness of the development in old people because of their precarious "vascularization" and the need of a systematic study of diarrhea in advanced ages, even though the picture seems simple.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D004761 Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous 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. Antibiotic-Associated Colitis,Clostridium Enterocolitis,Colitis, Pseudomembranous,Enteritis, Pseudomembranous,Pseudomembranous Colitis,Pseudomembranous Enteritis,Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis,Antibiotic Associated Colitis,Colitis, Antibiotic-Associated
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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