Pseudomembranous colitis, an uncommon affection following surgery or antibiotic therapy, is characterized by whitish plaques pseudomembranes attached to the mucosa. Although classically pseudomembranous colitis is caused by clostridium difficile, it can result from several etiologies. A 54yearold patient complained of watery diarrhea following the administration of acarbose for type2 diabetes, which disappeared after drug withdrawal on two occasions. Pseudomembranous colitis was associated with white blood counts over 15 000mm3 in 17 patients and albumin concentrations of less than 30 g1 in 18. Some antibiotics clindamycin is the worst offender wipe out the normal flora and enable pathologic flora to grow, resulting in. Pseudomembranous colitis is a well recognised cause of diarrhea in patients following a. Cuadro clinicosigno o sintoma % presentaciondiarrea acuosa moco sangre9398%dolor abdominal colico abdomen agudo8590%fiebre 6570%p. Pseudomembranous colitis surgical pathology criteria. Pseudomembranous colitis is a predominantly hospitalacquired infec. Colitis, colitis microscopica, colitis colagenosa, colitis linfocitica. Role of clostridium difficile in antibioticassociated. Pseudomembranous colitis symptoms and causes mayo clinic.
If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Lymphocytic colitis and collagenous colitis have been proposed to be related they share an identical chronic inflammatory pattern and are distinguished only by the presence of a thickened collagen layer only in the latter. It broadly fits into the category of digestive diseases in a medical context, the label colitis without qualification is used if. What is pseudomembranous colitis and how is it treated. Diagnosis by crosssectional imaging of pseudomembranous colitis. Colitis seudomembranosa gastroenterologia y hepatologia elsevier. In the differential diagnosis of the acute colitic, the. Pseudomembranous colitis refers to swelling or inflammation of the large intestine colon due to an overgrowth of clostridioides difficile c difficile bacteria this infection is a common cause of diarrhea after antibiotic use. Pseudomembranous colitis pmc is a potentially lifethreatening acute infectious colitis caused by one or more toxins produced by an unopposed proliferation of clostridium difficile bacteria. F arevalo 1, j arias stella castillo 1, e monge 2, j arias stella 1. The histopathological diagnosis of ulcerative colitis and the. The bacterium that causes pmc isclostridium difficile, or c.
Histopathology of crohns disease and ulcerative colitis k. Antibiotic associated pseudomembranous colitis or enterocolitis. Pseudomembranous colitis pmc is inflammation in your colon that happens when theres too much of certain bacteria in your system. Pseudomembranous colitis an inflammation of the colon with a characteristic endoscopicgross appearance. Abstract lymphocytic colitis and collagenous colitis are two histologic forms of microscopic colitis, a condition which zdv. Clostridium difficile infection and pseudomembranous colitis. Pseudomembranous colitis is a well recognised cause of diarrhea in patients following a course of broadspectrum antibiotic therapy. Disorder of chronic watery diarrhea and crampy abdominal pain with normal colonoscopy and barium enema. Colitis pseudomembranosa, colitis asociada a antibioticos, clostridium difficile. On colonoscopy a, b and histology c and immunohistochemical staining for cytomegalovirus in colonic. Clostridioides difficile pseudomembranous colitis, antibiotic associated diarrhea, hmong.
Pseudomembranous colitis is an infectious, potentially lethal colitis, caused by the release of one or more toxins produced by the unopposed proliferation of the bacterium clostridium difficile. Pseudomembranous colitis journal of clinical pathology. Three basic histopathological patterns which may be seen in rectal biopsies from patients with pseudomembranous colitis are described, based on a study of 29 cases. Unlike a similar condition called microscopic colitis, its caused by an overgrowth of c.
Pseudomembranous colitis is a histomorphologic description which has a ddx. Colitis seudomembranosa gastroenterologia y hepatologia. Collagenous colitis surgical pathology criteria stanford. In other words, it can be caused by a number of things. An early suspicion of this entity with the characteristic appearance of pseudomembranes on colonoscopy and histology confirmed the diagnosis enabling prompt. Corticosteroids in the treatment of pseudomembranous. These plaques can be visualized at both pathologic analysis and endoscopy. Histopathology of crohns disease and ulcerative colitis. Pseudomembranous colitis is a nonspecific pattern of injury resulting from decreased oxygenation, endothelial damage, and impaired blood flow to the mucosa that can be triggered by a number of disease states. Cases are reported showing change from one to the other on sequential biopsies. Ulcerative colitis uc is one of two conditions classified as inflammatory bowel disease. Uvwuhfrjqlhgryhu \hduvdjr,wlvriwhqirxqglqdgxowvzlwkfkurqlf zdwhu\glduukhddowkrxjk endoscopic examination of the colon is frequently normal. Clostridioides difficile pseudomembranous colitis, antibiotic associated diarrhea clostridioides difficile pseudomembranous colitis, antibiotic associated diarrhea assigned number. One of the main causes of pseudomembranous colitis is excessive antibiotic use.
Pseudomembranous colitis is a medical condition in which the colon gets inflamed in association with excessive intake of antibiotics. Pseudomembranous colitis from cytomegalovirus infection. Pseudomembranous colitis is a predominantly hospitalacquired infection, secondary to. Patients with ulcerative colitis should receive an initial screening colonoscopy eight years after a diagnosis of pancolitis and 12 to 15 years after a diagnosis of leftsided disease, and then. Collagenous and lymphocytic colitis may represent similar entity as lymphocytic colitis, but is clearly distinct from inflammatory bowel disease gastroenterol clin biol 2008.
Colitis seudomembranosa secundaria a infeccion por salmonella. Pdf pseudomembranous colitis is an inflammatory condition of the colon that. The gross pathology is unlike crohns disease and ulcerative colitis while the focal mucosal lesions seen on histology are also in contrast to the. Clindamycin associated pseudomembranous colitis or enterocolitis. Pseudomembranous colitis is also known by the name of antibioticassociated colitis or c. Pseudomembranous colitis was an incidental finding at necropsy in two of six patients who had not had an operation. Histology varies significantly with underlying etiology and can. Pseudomembranous colitis is an inflammatory condition of the colon. It has changed in the last 100 years from a fatal disease caused by a postoperative event to, in the era of antibiotics, a commonly occurring complication of antibiotic use that may lead to serious morbidity but that usually is treated easily. Pseudomembranous colitis an overview sciencedirect topics. Damage is due to toxin a produced by clostridium difficile in bowel lumen. Pseudomembranous soodoemembruhnus colitis, also called antibioticassociated colitis or c. Uc is a lifelong disease that produces inflammation and bleeding ulcers within the inner lining of your large intestine. Clostridium difficile infection is often associated with antibiotic therapy and is almost always limited to the colonic mucosa.
Pmc can rarely be caused by other bacteria eg, staphylococcus spp. It generally begins in the rectum and spreads to the colon. Because superimposed clostridium difficile infection was only demonstrated in one patient and no other causes of pseudomembranous colitis were evident in the remaining nine patients, we conclude that pseudomembranes are part of the spectrum of collagenous colitis itself. Pseudomembranous colitis is a type of inflammation in the large intestine also called the gut or colon. Patients with the condition commonly present with abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, and leukocytosis.
It emphasizes that, although histopathological examination plays a major role in the diagnosis and management of uc, it should always be interpreted in the context of clinical, endoscopic, and radiological findings. Abstract antibioticassociated colitis is an acute inflammation of the intestinal mucosa that sometimes occurs following antibiotic treatment and is caused by toxins produced by the bacterium clostridium difficile. This case series illustrates the importance of searching for collagenous colitis in the evaluation of. Pseudomembranous colitis is an inflammatory condition of the colon characterized by elevated yellowwhite plaques that coalesce to form pseudomembranes on the mucosa. Pseudomembranous enterocolitis is 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. Apr 03, 2019 pseudomembranous colitis is an inflammatory disease of the colon see image below. Beginners guide to beating pseudomembranous colitis c. Clostridium difficileassociated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis.
Colitis secondary to disruption of normal bowel flora. Histology was characterized primarily by crypt atrophy and lamina propria hyalinization, which supports a diagnosis of chronic ischemic colitis figure 3. Pseudomembranous colitis is an inflammatory condition of the colon that is most often a manifestation of clostridium difficile infection. Chemicals, medications, ischemia, microscopic colitis. Pseudomembranous colitis pmc is an acute, exudative colitis usually caused by clostridium difficile.
A 40yearold woman presented to the hospital with crampy abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea, and leukocytosis. Bacterial flora of the colon changes with antibiotic administration. Colon biopsy histological characteristics in different types of chronic colitis. The cause of the inflammation in the colon is undetermined. Pseudomembranous colitis, caused by clostridium difficile, has an increased incidence in recent years, driven mainly by the indiscriminate use of antibiotics. The spectrum of change is illustrated and the problems of differential diagnosis are discussedfrom a nondiagnostic proctitis at one extreme to acute ischaemia at the other. The differential diagnosis of colitis in endoscopic biopsy. Clostridium difficile is a grampositive, sporeforming anaerobic bacillus that produces two large toxins, a and b, which cause diarrhea and colitis in susceptible patients whose normal colonic bacterial microbiota has been previously disrupted by prior antimicrobial treatment.
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