Challenges in the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis with concomitant bacterial infections and chronic infectious colitis.

ABSTRACT: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammation of the large bowel characterized by diarrhea and a negative stool culture. However, several enteropathogens have been implicated as causative agents in UC. The differentiation between chronic infectious colitis (IC) and UC with concurrent infection is difficult owing to their similar clinical presentations. The study aimed to explore the presentations and diagnostic clues that enable differentiation between UC with concomitant infections and chronic IC. The study included 17 UC patients with a bacterial infection and 46 with chronic IC. The UC patients (47 ± 19 years) were younger than the chronic IC patients (58 ± 20 years) (P = 0.022). Bloody diarrhea was more common in UC than in chronic IC (58.8% vs 10.9%, P < 0.001). Previous antibioti

SUBMITTER: Lin WC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5718429 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature