Eosinophilic Colitis and Clostridioides difficile Sepsis With Rapid Remission After Antimicrobial Treatment; A Rare Coincidence and Its Pathogenic Implications.

ABSTRACT: Eosinophilic colitis is a rare inflammatory disorder of the digestive tract with chronic evolution and unknown pathophysiological mechanisms. The article describes the case of a 64-year old woman with a history of asthma and hypereosinophilia, who presented to a surgical department for persistent abdominal pain in the past 4 months, weight loss and malabsorption. She was diagnosed with eosinophilic colitis based on the colonoscopic result indicating extensive eosinophilic infiltration of the colonic mucosa correlated with the laboratory data and abdominal CT scan results. Following the colonoscopy, the patient developed fever, hypotension and diarrhea and was transferred to an Infectious Diseases Department with a presumptive diagnosis of abdominal sepsis. Treatment with ertapenem was imme

SUBMITTER: Iacob SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7396602 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature